sentences.text: Some of the most common Roman finds are brooches, fibulae, as they were easily broken or lost.
sentences.text: Some
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: most
sentences.text: common
sentences.text: Roman
sentences.text: finds
sentences.text: are
sentences.text: brooches
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: fibulae
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: they
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: easily
sentences.text: broken
sentences.text: or
sentences.text: lost
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: They weren't just for decoration, they secured clothing, and they were similar in their securing technique to safety pins.
sentences.text: They
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: n't
sentences.text: just
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: decoration
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: they
sentences.text: secured
sentences.text: clothing
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: they
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: similar
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: their
sentences.text: securing
sentences.text: technique
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: safety
sentences.text: pins
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Brooches were already being worn by the native British before the Roman invasion, so brooches of the Roman period show a combination of both British and continental styles.
sentences.text: Brooches
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: already
sentences.text: being
sentences.text: worn
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: native
sentences.text: British
sentences.text: before
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Roman
sentences.text: invasion
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: so
sentences.text: brooches
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Roman
sentences.text: period
sentences.text: show
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: combination
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: both
sentences.text: British
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: continental
sentences.text: styles
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: It has been suggested that brooches were mainly worn by the native Britons and not by the more' Romanised' elite until at least the 4th century.
sentences.text: It
sentences.text: has
sentences.text: been
sentences.text: suggested
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: brooches
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: mainly
sentences.text: worn
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: native
sentences.text: Britons
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: not
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: more
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: Romanised
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: elite
sentences.text: until
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: least
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: 4th
sentences.text: century
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Rings were worn by both men and women.
sentences.text: Rings
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: worn
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: both
sentences.text: men
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: women
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Some had carved stones, intaglios, which were used, with melted wax, to seal documents.
sentences.text: Some
sentences.text: had
sentences.text: carved
sentences.text: stones
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: intaglios
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: which
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: used
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: melted
sentences.text: wax
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: seal
sentences.text: documents
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Two rings from Rocester have lost their intaglios, which may have been carved with scenes from mythology.
sentences.text: Two
sentences.text: rings
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: Rocester
sentences.text: have
sentences.text: lost
sentences.text: their
sentences.text: intaglios
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: which
sentences.text: may
sentences.text: have
sentences.text: been
sentences.text: carved
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: scenes
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: mythology
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Two shale bracelets were found at Rocester, as well as a few made of bronze.
sentences.text: Two
sentences.text: shale
sentences.text: bracelets
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: found
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: Rocester
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: well
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: few
sentences.text: made
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: bronze
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Many women had their ears pierced and fragments of earrings have been found.
sentences.text: Many
sentences.text: women
sentences.text: had
sentences.text: their
sentences.text: ears
sentences.text: pierced
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: fragments
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: earrings
sentences.text: have
sentences.text: been
sentences.text: found
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Necklaces were made from precious metals, but most would have been made from cheaper bronze or glass.
sentences.text: Necklaces
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: made
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: precious
sentences.text: metals
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: but
sentences.text: most
sentences.text: would
sentences.text: have
sentences.text: been
sentences.text: made
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: cheaper
sentences.text: bronze
sentences.text: or
sentences.text: glass
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Glass' melon' beads - so-called because they resemble melon slices - were found at Rocester from a necklace that someone had lost in Roman times.
sentences.text: Glass
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: melon
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: beads
sentences.text: -
sentences.text: so-called
sentences.text: because
sentences.text: they
sentences.text: resemble
sentences.text: melon
sentences.text: slices
sentences.text: -
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: found
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: Rocester
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: necklace
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: someone
sentences.text: had
sentences.text: lost
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: Roman
sentences.text: times
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Hair pins were used to secure women's hair, and were both decorative and functional.
sentences.text: Hair
sentences.text: pins
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: used
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: secure
sentences.text: women
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: hair
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: both
sentences.text: decorative
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: functional
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The length of hair pins changed over time with the changes in hairstyle fashion.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: length
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: hair
sentences.text: pins
sentences.text: changed
sentences.text: over
sentences.text: time
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: changes
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: hairstyle
sentences.text: fashion
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: One pin, from Rocester, has an elaborate head in the shape of a flask and stopper.
sentences.text: One
sentences.text: pin
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: Rocester
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: has
sentences.text: an
sentences.text: elaborate
sentences.text: head
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: shape
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: flask
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: stopper
sentences.text: .
text: Some of the most common Roman finds are brooches, fibulae, as they were easily broken or lost. They weren't just for decoration, they secured clothing, and they were similar in their securing technique to safety pins. Brooches were already being worn by the native British before the Roman invasion, so brooches of the Roman period show a combination of both British and continental styles. It has been suggested that brooches were mainly worn by the native Britons and not by the more' Romanised' elite until at least the 4th century. Rings were worn by both men and women. Some had carved stones, intaglios, which were used, with melted wax, to seal documents. Two rings from Rocester have lost their intaglios, which may have been carved with scenes from mythology. Two shale bracelets were found at Rocester, as well as a few made of bronze. Many women had their ears pierced and fragments of earrings have been found. Necklaces were made from precious metals, but most would have been made from cheaper bronze or glass. Glass' melon' beads - so-called because they resemble melon slices - were found at Rocester from a necklace that someone had lost in Roman times. Hair pins were used to secure women's hair, and were both decorative and functional. The length of hair pins changed over time with the changes in hairstyle fashion. One pin, from Rocester, has an elaborate head in the shape of a flask and stopper.