CIRCA 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

Jewelry - Medieval, Craftsmanship, Adornment: Ancient Rome, which had brought its culture to other parts of Europe and to northern Africa and southwestern Asia, began to lose its vitality in the early Christian era; by the end of the 4th century ce, its civilization was in full decline. Although its power was gone, Roman culture was indelibly imprinted on Western civilization. The Roman Empire had embraced Christianity, although in reality it was the papacy that had embraced the Roman Empire. The intention of the Byzantine court (at Constantinople [now Istanbul], the new seat of imperial power) to maintain Roman supremacy in the field of the

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