Emperor Gem Ring - Pewter

Product History

In Roman times gold, silver, bronze, copper and glass were used to make jewellery. Metals were mixed to make alloys such as bronze, a mixture of copper and tin. Roman bronze sometimes had zinc in it that gave it a gold colour. The Romans often used stones and gem in their jewellery like sapphires, rubies, garnets and amber and especially wore gems in rings. The Romans were probably the first to use rings as a symbol of engagement.

Front Image - The games in the amphitheatre lasted all day. In the morning wild animals were brought out to fight each other or to face huntsmen or simply to kill defenceless criminals. In the afternoon  the gladiators would begin combat. Our image is from a Roman mosaic and shows one type of gladiator, the retarius (net man), stabbing a leopard with his trident.

Gold Ring