Mounted in a pair of stunning 18 karat
gold
earrings set with 20 radiant, fully-cut
diamonds
weighing a total of 0.81 carat and 4
genuine
garnets weighing a total of 2.29 karats.
T. Flavius Domitianus was the younger
son of
Vespasian and Flavia Domitilla and was
born in
Rome in A.D. 51. During the reigns of
his father
and brother Domitian was kept very much
in the
background, but on the death of Titus
his
succession w as not disputed. At first
he showed
great promise, but he w as very
unpopular with
the senatorial nobility and this
resulted in
numerous plots and conspiracies.
Domitian, who
was suspicious by nature, reacted
violently, and
the last years of his reign were ones of
terror and
oppression. He was eventually murdered
on
September 18th, 96 A.D., as the result
of a
palace plot involving his wife, Domitia,
his
chamberlain and the Praetorian prefect.
- (FJ.5062)
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