925 Silver Antique Roman Glass Turquoise beads necklace Afghanistan N2744

This is beautiful 925 Silver Antique Roman Glass Bead Necklace from Afghanistan. The glass beads are very old between 1500 and 1900 years old. It has a lovely rainbow colored patina on the surface from age and ozidation and accented with green Turquoise beads. Some history of Roman Glass: The Roman Empire began extending around the birth of Christ under the rule of Julius Caesar who became appointed dictator in 44 BC and reached its territorial peak under Emperor Trajan. Its borders extended from Spain, North Africa and England to the East and India Israel and Afghanistan to the West. The Western Roman Empire collapsed in 476 AD however the Eastern portion endured until and invasion of the Turks brought about its end in1453. By the end of the first century AD large scale manufacturing resulted in the establishment of glass as a commonly available material in the Roman world. Interesting many sailing vessels were made of Glass. The invention of glass blowing techniques by the P