We know that Rome imposed her usages on all the peoples whom she subjugated. Consequently, following this universal law, the Spaniards would adopt, together with the lavish luxury of Rome, the Roman ornaments and articles of jewellery. Such were the _annulus_ or finger-ring; the _fibula_, a brooch or clasp for securing the cloak; the _torques_ or neck-ring, more or less resembling those in use among the Persians; and the _phalera_, a round plate of gold, silver, or other metal, engraved with any one of a variety of emblems, worn upon the breast or stomach by the persons of either sex, and very commonly bestowed upon the Roman soldiers in reward of military service. Then there were several kinds of earrings--the variously-designed _stalagmium_ or pendant, the _inaures_, or the _crotalium_, hung with pearls that brushed together as their wearer walked, and gratified her vanity by their rustling; and also several kinds of bracelets--the gold or bronze _armilla_, principally worn by men; the _periscelis_, the _spathalium_, and the _dextrale_, worn round the fleshy part of the right arm.[5] [5] These ornaments were retained in use by the Visigoths, and find their due description in the _Etymologies_ of Saint Isidore; _e.g._:-- "_Inaures_ ab aurium foraminibus nuncupatae, quibus pretiosa genera lapidum dependuntur." "_Tourques_ sunt circuli aurei a collo ad pectus usque dependentes. Torques autem et bullae a viris geruntur; a foeminis vero monilia et catellae." "_Fibulæ_ sunt quibus pectus foeminarum ornatur, vel pallium tenetur: viris in humeris, seu cingulum in lumbris." Discoveries of Roman jewellery and gold and silver work have occurred from time to time in the Peninsula; for example, at Espinosa de Henares and (in 1840) near Atarfe, on the southern side of the volcanic-looking Sierra Elvira, a few miles from Granada. Riaño describes a Roman silver dish found in a stone quarry at Otañez, in the north of Spain. "It weighs thirty-three ounces, and is covered with an ornamentation of figures in relief, some of which are gilt, representing an allegorical subject of the source of medicinal waters. In the upper part is a nymph who pours water from an urn over rocks; a youth collects it in a vessel; another gives a cup of it to a sick man; another fills with it a barrel which is placed in a four-wheeled car to which are yoked two mules. On each side of the fountain are altars on which sacrifices and libations are offered. Round it is the inscription: SALVS VMERITANA, and at the back are engraved, in confused characters, the words: L. P. CORNELIANI. PIII...."