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===Lower Ataceris=== | ===Lower Ataceris=== | ||
The lower complex was designed to be the living quarters of the Imperator, containing magnificent rooms and decorations that reflected not only the power and wealth of the Imperator, but his own personal taste as well. Originally guests would have been welcomed with great ceremony in the Lower Ataceris' two-storey Marble Hall. The walls’ structuring has been borrowed from the architecture of triumphal arches while war trophies and prisoners allude to Caesar Magnus Magnus’s successes as an imperial commander. By contrast, the oval shaped plaster medallions showing scenes from the life of Apollo recall the Imperator’s aesthetic interests. The ceiling fresco depicts Apollo in a sun chariot. Caesar Magnus Magnus is represented as a nude hero as Mercury announces gifts from the pope honoring the his achievements within the civil war. This would lead into the Marble Gallery, unraveling the rest of the complex. | The lower complex was designed to be the living quarters of the Imperator, containing magnificent rooms and decorations that reflected not only the power and wealth of the Imperator, but his own personal taste as well. Originally guests would have been welcomed with great ceremony in the Lower Ataceris' two-storey Marble Hall. The walls’ structuring has been borrowed from the architecture of triumphal arches while war trophies and prisoners allude to Caesar Magnus Magnus’s successes as an imperial commander. By contrast, the oval shaped plaster medallions showing scenes from the life of Apollo recall the Imperator’s aesthetic interests. The ceiling fresco depicts Apollo in a sun chariot. Caesar Magnus Magnus is represented as a nude hero as Mercury announces gifts from the pope honoring the his achievements within the civil war. This would lead into the Marble Gallery, unraveling the rest of the complex. | ||