Like the Greeks, often the purpose of Roman jewellery was to ward off the “Evil Eye” given by different people. Although women wore an unlimited array of jewelry, males usually solely wore a finger ring. Although they were expected to wear no much less than one ring, some Roman men wore a hoop on each finger, while others wore none. In British English, Indian English, New Zealand English, Hiberno-English, Australian English, and South African English it’s spelled jewellery, while the spelling is jewellery in American English. Both are used in Canadian English, although jewelry prevails by a two to one…

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