Roman Ring

[poliphilo]

I used to own a Roman ring. It was too small to fit on any of my fingers, so I wore it on a thong round my neck.

Yes Roman. Really and truly Roman. Or so the seller said.

Last week the thong came untied and I lost the ring.

So I went on eBay and  bid for another.

There are an awful  lot of Roman rings for sale on eBay. I guess they're genuine. I figure they sell too cheaply for anyone to bother faking them. But where do they all come from?

The Romans must have been a really careless set of people.

Roman matron: (walking down country lane) "Drat, my ring just slipped off my finger into the ditch.  That's the third in as many weeks."

Roman patriarch: (cheerily) "Never mind dear. Plenty more where that came from."

Of course it is entirely possible that they....

have been robbed out of graves.....

(pause for delicious shudder.)

Anyway, I just learned that I won my auction. A bronze ring with a blue stone in it  is coming my way.

 

Comments

[aellia.livejournal.com]

I've got a liitle Roman clasp..no pin though,but I wear it on a chain put through the hole bit.
I'd love to see your ring?

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

Funny how people talk of "winning" stuff on e-Bay... I think I'll start referring to stuff I win at the supermarket as well! :-)

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

It's pretty...why a Roman ring, though?

Ebay is like instant gratification. Last summer a bracelet I had worn forever (that my mother got at the Dollar Store) finally gave up the ghost. By an hour later I had purchased another.

Of course, that one broke about three weeks ago. I've been staying away from ebay....

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

The Romans must have been a really careless set of people.

They were also a very clean people. They went to the baths a lot and lost things into the drains. If you ever get a chance, go to Caerleon. There's the Roman Amphitheatre and the excavated baths and the museum has lots of rings and stones from rings that they found in the old drains.

The thing I found really fascinating was the fact that the Roman soldiers used to contribute to a funeral club to ensure a decent burial when they died/were killed. It's exactly what my grandmother and others of her generation did in Manchester.

[ibid.livejournal.com]

I wonder who wore it all those years ago? I love making up stories about the people who had things now in junk shops.

[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

Is there a chance that someone will find your other ring and put a "found" ad in the paper?

In any case, I'm glad you're getting a new old ring! Will this one fit, so that you can wear it on your finger?

[manfalling.livejournal.com]

`winning` at the supermarket.

yes i like this.

perhaps they should install some swinging axes too that u have to dodge between like in Dr. Who ep 2 (that i saw last nite) or even some wild LOST-ish monster that u never see but that rattles the baked beans on the shelf as u pass.

pits also. for jumping, NO WAIT- for swinging over! and they give you a whip at the door so you can be like INDY JONES YES!!!!

this rocks. fantastic idea.

replacing tins of tuna with a bag of sand u found in the parking lot, so the poison darts don`t get you, or the bigt rolling ball or even THE BOULDER they have ALREADY in ASDA!

*pumps fist*

*goes YEAH!*

i am READY to shop!!

[manfalling.livejournal.com]

yo pops on a completely different tack- ur a LJ paying member eh- do u use the search feature u get much? like- to search by location?
i wonder.
perhaps it`s not worth paying cos hell, i could just look up folks with an interest in japan then find out which one`s actually live there by trawling the sites myself.
extensive customizing u can do with paid accounts, i`m like- huh. not bothered.
finis.

[philtration.livejournal.com]

The part that puzzles me is that the ring is too small for your finger yet it slipped easily off the finger of the Roman. How did they create such an empire with dainty little hands?

[kaysho.livejournal.com]

Whenever I see something like that, I wonder what the original owner would think if he knew where it had ended up so many generations later.

*goes to eBay himself, dangerously* :)