Roman Jewellery

Archaeology (Verulamium Museum)

Roman jewellery: two strings of Roman beads and five enamelled brooches including those in the forms of a horse, a hare, and a triskele. The brooches would have been used for fastening clothes. Necklaces were worn throughout the Roman Empire and similar styles were popular in all provinces. Necklaces were worn purely as decoration and were made from a variety of materials – glass, paste and shale examples have all been found at Verulamium. People who could afford them often wore many necklaces at once.

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9) Verulamium Museum (on display)

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28/06/2006