In size, it is approximately equivalent to Nero's Golden House in Rome or to the Roman villa at Piazza Armerina in Sicily, and is by far the largest Roman residence known north of the Alps.
In size, it is approximately equivalent to Nero's Golden House in Rome or to the Roman villa at Piazza Armerina in Sicily, and in plan it mirrors the basic organisation of the Domus Flavia on the Palatine Hill in Rome. Fishbourne is by far the largest Roman residence known north of the Alps.