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From 17 December: Emperor Domitian

Domitian was emperor of the vast Roman Empire, from AD 81 to 96. This new exhibition features a fine selection of masterpieces from the first century AD, the heyday of the Roman Empire. You will see portraits and statues of emperor Domitian, fragments of murals and mosaics, jewellery made of gold and gemstones, luxury glassware and dinner services, and funerary monuments of the élite. Projections and 3D reconstructions give a picture of life of the city of Rome as it looked in the first century AD, with its spectacular new monuments. Open from 17 December 2021.

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