...expensive and delicate for men, and was appropriated wholly to women of eminent rank and opulence. Aurelian complained, that a pound of silk was. sold at Rome for twelve ounces of gold ; and it is said, he refused to give his wife permission to wear it, on account of its exorbitant price....

...insensibly familiarised with the example of Elagabalus, the first who, by this effeminate habit, had gullied the dignity of an emperor and a man. Aurelian complained...content themselves with a ninth part of that extravagant rate.65 A law was thought necessary to discriminate the dress of comedians from that of senators, and...

...habit, had sullied the dignity of an emperor and a man. Aurelian complained that a pound of silk waa sold at Rome for twelve ounces of gold ; but the supply...demand, and the price diminished with the supply, "As silk became of indispensable use, the Emperor Justinian saw with concern that the Persians had...

...silk robes, etc., was the first Roman who dared to disobey the decree of the Senate. It is true that Aurelian complained that a pound of silk was sold at Rome for twelve ounces of gold, but then as the historian Gibbon remarks, the supply increased with the demand, and the price diminished...

...silk robes, etc., was the first Roman who dared to disobey the decree of the Senate. It is true that Aurelian complained that a pound of silk was sold at Rome for twelve ounces of gold, but then as the historian Gibbon remarks, the supply increased with the demand, and the price diminished...

...that silk could not have been known in ancient times from its great cost in the early part of our era. Aurelian complained that a pound of silk was sold at Rome for twelve ounces of gold, or weight for weight. But the same argument may be These being translations of different words in the...

...manufacture, the invention of a woman for female use, was long admired, both in the east and at Rome. Aurelian complained that a pound of silk was sold...demand, and the price diminished with the supply. ' Since silk has been introduced into Europe, it has always been manufactured in France, Italy, and...

...the precious materials were multiplied by a looser texture, and the intermixture of linen threads.04 Two hundred years after the age of Pliny, the use...content themselves with a ninth part of that extravagant rate.65 A law was thought necessary to dissius, (1. xliii. p. 358, edit. Reimar,) and 1'ausanius, (1....

...and the provinces were insensibly familiarized with the example of Elagabalus, the first who, by thii effeminate habit, had sullied the dignity of an emperor...standard of Aurelian, the manufacturers of Tyre and Beryl us were sometimes compelled, by the operation of the same causes, to content themselves with...

...the precious materials were multiplied by a looser texture and the intermixture of linen threads. 65 Two hundred years after the age of Pliny, the use...monopoly sometimes raised the value even above the "Georgia, ii. 121 fcp. Claudian, Prob. el Olyb. 179]. Serica quando venerint in usum planissime non...