Expert: Maria - 9/5/2008

Question
hello ... Recently I had a dream with a  girl I like ... in it was in the time of the Roman Empire ... and the girl was wearing this tipe of bracelet , the roman snake bracelet... can u tell me more about it ? grazie . ciao

Answer
Hello,

First of all you can see an image of a Roman snake bracelet at http://www.vroma.org/images/mcmanus_images/snakebracelet.jpg
http://www.phoenixancientart.com/egyptiansnakebracelet.html


As for this type of spiral bracelets in the form of snakes, which was worn by the Roman wealthy women as it was a really good piece of craftsmanship and then it was very expensive, we can say that it became popular in Rome only in the 1st.century BC, after the Romans conquered  Egypt, where  snake bracelets were common as the snake was associated with the cult of Isis, the Egyptian  goddess of fertility.

In short, spiral bracelets in the form of snakes passed into circulation in the Roman world only in the early Roman empire, while in the previous centuries  from the foundation of Rome in 753 BC to the Roman Republic, which lasted until 27 BC, such a type of bracelet was not so common.

Ciao,
Maria