Domus Aurea

[-JKP-]

I have a long list of "real" places that might be represented by the rosettes and one of them was the hills of Rome. But I've never had time to write them all up and Rome is one I never finished.

What made me think of Rome was the separate rosettes (that might represent hills) and the oval structure on the top left. It occurred to me it might represent a coloseum. It wasn't just the shape, but also the wavy patterns in the middle. In olden days they would sometimes flood them to enact marine battles or water sports.

But every time I tried to account for all the rosettes in the context of Rome I would stall because the other ideas on my list seemed to fit better. So... I never worked out anything I felt was plausible for all the different parts of the folio.