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TIL as Late Republican Rome descended into civil war, the collection of precious rocks was exploited in elite political competition. Senator Nonius refused to sell Mark Antony his opal ring for 2 million sesterces, so the triumvir proscribed him. He fled into exile with nothing but his gem.

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