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Although jewelry work was abundantly diverse in earlier times,
especially among the barbarian tribes such as the Celts, when
the Romans conquered most of Europe, jewelry was changed as
smaller factions developed the Roman designs. The most common
artefact of early Rome was the brooch, which was used to secure
clothing together. The Romans used a diverse range of materials
for their jewelry from their extensive resources across the
continent. Although they used gold, they sometimes used bronze
or bone and in earlier times, glass beads & pearl. As early as
2,000 years ago, they imported Sri Lankan sapphires and Indian
diamonds and used emeralds and amber in their jewelry. In Roman
England,
beautiful handcrafted jewelry
fossilized wood called jet from Northern England was often
carved into pieces of jewelry. The early Italians worked in
crude gold and created clasps, necklaces, earrings and
bracelets. They also produced larger pendants which could be
filled with perfume.
Like the Greeks, often the purpose of Roman jewelry was to ward
off the “Evil Eye” given by other people. Although women wore a
vast array of jewelry, men often only wore a finger ring.
Although they were expected to wear at least one ring, some
Roman men wore a ring on every finger, while others wore none.
Roman men and women wore rings with a carved stone on it that
was used with wax to seal documents, an act that continued into
medieval times when kings and noblemen used the same method.
After the fall of the Roman Empire, the jewelry designs were
absorbed by neighbouring countries and tribes.
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