This thesis aims to discuss the role of different entrances leading to the Palatine hill during the reign of emperor Septimius Severus and the Severan Period. As the palace itself occupied most of...Show moreThis thesis aims to discuss the role of different entrances leading to the Palatine hill during the reign of emperor Septimius Severus and the Severan Period. As the palace itself occupied most of the Palatine, the entrances that lead up the Palatine hill can be seen as the entrances into the palace itself. This thesis will give a short and general outline on the Palatine hill and the Imperial palace, will look at the life of emperor Septimius Severus, his rise to power and the following building plan for the city of Rome, including the construction of one of the entrances, the Septizodium. The two other entrances that are discussed are the Domus Gai, a palace build by emperor Caligula and the Clivus Palatinus, an ascending street leading up the Palatine Hill. The role of the entrances towards the Imperial palace will be analyzed with the help of Space Syntax and by examining the various parts of the surrounding areas of the Palatine hill, where these entrances lead, which are the Forum Romanum, the Via Sacra area and the cross point of various roads that lead into the city of Rome and the connection with the different roles these areas have with the entrances will be investigated. The gathered information is used to answer the question what the role of the three entrances were that lead to the Imperial palace on the Palatine during the reign of emperor Septimius Severus in the Severan Period.Show less
