The Roman Empire enjoyed wearing jewellery, women in particularly adored earrings. In Pliny the Elder’s book, The Natural History, he describes women to have spent more money on their ears than any other body part. Women highly valued jewellery, it was considered to be their own property and kept separate to their husband’s wealth providing them with a sense of authority when concerning these items.
To find out about the meanings of gemstones and semi-precious gemstones in Antiquity, please visit our relevant blog post: The History and Mythology of Gemstones in Ancient Jewellery.
