The Roman Empire was vast and filled with various precious
materials and resources, which made it possible to produce beautiful, intricate
jewelry. Established trade routes and contact with many different cultures
throughout Europe, Egypt, North Africa and the Mediterranean enabled Romans to
incorporate these styles, designs and gemstones with their own jewelry designs.
Their immense wealth enabled the Romans to produce highly
ostentatious jewelry, incorporating precious and semi-precious stones obtained
from different areas of their empire. This resulted in large, colorful jewelry
using precious emeralds, diamonds, rubies and sapphires and the whole range of
semi-precious gemstones including garnets, jet, topaz, pearls and amber.
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