Belt in gilded bronze with gems
Type:
Jewel, gem, seal
Origin:
From Rome, Esquiline - Horti Lamiani (1874)
Masterpieces of the hall
The hall
Situated in the upper part of the Esquilino, in the area around what is today Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, the Horti Lamiani were founded by the consul Aelius Lamia, a friend of Tiberius, and very soon (already with Caligula) became part of Imperial property.