<p>Residence of the <i>pontifex maximus</i> located on the *Sacra Via (Suet., <i>Iul</i>. 46: <i>in Sacra via domo Publica</i>), just E of the *Atrium Vestae (Dio Cass. 54.27.3) and W of the wealthy residential zone on the lower N *Palatine. In 12 B.C. Augustus moved the residence of the <i>pontifex maximus</i> to the SW Palatine, and donated the Domus Publica to the Vestal Virgins (Dio Cass., <i>loc. cit.</i>). After re-investigating the ruins long-associated with the Domus Publica, Carettoni arrived at a fragmentary atrium-house plan (346-55). A wall of Republican date divided the <i>domus</i> from the Atrium Vestae and formed its W boundary (Carettoni 338). To the N, a line of <i>tabernae</i> (small shops) opening onto the Sacra Via separated the residence from the street itself (Carettoni 349). A vestibule nestled between two of these shops provided access to the Domus Publica from the Sacra Via (Carettoni 346). The S and E limits of the house remain unknown (Scott 166); those shown on our map were generated on the principle of symmetry.</p>