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The Terme di Traiano (English: Baths of Trajan) is a landmark in the Antico District of Rome that was built upon the ruins of Nero's Golden Palace. In the early 1500s it was possible to access the Golden Palace from the Baths via at least one crawlspace; this allowed the Followers of Romulus to use the Palace as a lair.[1]
Database Entry
As with many of Trajan's projets, it's believed this massive leisure and bath-house was designed by Apollodorus. The structure was built atop a section of Nero's ruined Golden Palace, and was poetically intended for use by the commoners. In 537, the Siege of the Goths destroyed most of the Roman aqueducts and the Terme di Traiano were subsequently abandoned due to the loss of their water supply. Another public works project gone terribly wrong, but I'm sure throwing a few Christians to the lions in the Colosseo made up for it![1]
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A portion of the Terme -
Entrance to Nero's Golden Palace. -
Terme di Traiano as seen in the Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood trailer
