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winetourdriver01

(1,154 posts) Mon Mar 6, 2023, 11:03 AM Mar 2023

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Emperor Nero's bathtub

Emperor Nero's bathtub, 54-68 AD. It was made almost entirely from Imperial Porphyry, a type of marble that was extremely expensive due to its purple color. The bath measures 7.5 m (25 feet) in diameter and is currently held in the Vatican Museum.

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Emperor Nero's bathtub (Original Post) winetourdriver01 Mar 2023 OP

I wonder how he got into it gracefully... Karadeniz Mar 2023 #1

👇👇👇 Goonch Mar 2023 #2

Everyone should visit Rome multigraincracker Mar 2023 #3

Did he fill it with water and sit in it playing the fiddle as Rome burned? Fla Dem Mar 2023 #4

Karadeniz

(22,486 posts)

1. I wonder how he got into it gracefully...

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Mon Mar 6, 2023, 11:13 AM

Mar 2023

Goonch

(3,603 posts)

2. 👇👇👇

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Mon Mar 6, 2023, 11:27 AM

Mar 2023

multigraincracker

(32,656 posts)

3. Everyone should visit Rome

Reply to winetourdriver01 (Original post)

Mon Mar 6, 2023, 12:09 PM

Mar 2023

and see all of the treasures there. One of the best trips I have ever been on.

Fla Dem

(23,620 posts)

4. Did he fill it with water and sit in it playing the fiddle as Rome burned?

Reply to winetourdriver01 (Original post)

Mon Mar 6, 2023, 12:12 PM

Mar 2023

It is an extraordinary work of art.

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