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Aerial view of the domus Augusta and domus Flavia in Domitian’s palace in Rome. The drawing is in landscape format. It is organized within a frame drawn in ink. Traces of watercolor are visible in the margins. Inscriptions are present on the reverse.
The palace rises above the circus, not visible on the drawing. It comprises two buildings, the official domus Flavia on the left and the private domus Augustana in the center. The southern end of the domus Augustana features a concave-arched façade with two superimposed colonnades. The palace continues into a square courtyard with basins, bordered by two levels of colonnaded galleries. The rooms are arranged around this courtyard
This courtyard leads to a large peristyle in the upper part of the design (to the north). To the east, an immense rectangular garden, surrounded by two-storey galleries, runs the length of the building. To the west is the domus Flavia. The center of the domus consists of a large rectangular peristyle, with an octagonal fountain at its center. To the north of the peristyle was the Aula Regia.