[Jewelry making - Article 00246] - Re: [Orchid] Roman glass from Afganistan

[Adrian Mocanu]

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Dear Peg,

    I will disclose to you some facts: 

    Although the Romans did much to spread glassmaking technology, with
    its conquests, trade relations, road building, and effective
    political and economical administration, the Roman Empire created
    the conditions for the flourishing of glassworks across western
    Europe and the Mediterranean. During the reign of the emperor
    Augustus, glass objects began to appear throughout Italy, in France,
    Germany and Switzerland. Roman glass has even been found as far
    afield as China, shipped there along the silk routes. It could be
    plausible to find some glass beads in Afganistan but no way it
    arrived there during the crusades. 

Adrian
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