, the capital of the western roman empire, the throne was seized by the leader of the barbarians, adacar leader of the ostrogoths theodoric. on the last roman emperor romulus augustus. adaakar recognized the supreme power of constantinople, that is, zenon, but he decided that it was more profitable for him to support another theodoric founded his kingdom in the ruins of western rome. the osgoths received fertile roman-italian lands, and zeno received the opportunity to rule byzantium. but the story is not forgave him for his betrayal. according to legend, the dissolute, greedy and cruel ruler was buried alive by his subjects. on january 9 , 1746, the french jeweler georges frederic strass announced the revival of the method of preparing artificial gemstones from crystal. they sparkled like real ones and were called rhinestones after the name of the jeweler. georges strass did not hide the fact that this method was invented in ancient egypt, when lead oxide was added to crystal and honestly called his products imitation. the king of france liked strass's works louis, master. awarded the t