The First Diamond Engagement Ring

Ancient Romans would give the blushing bride a truth ring. The ring would be placed on the third finger of the left hand. This tradition stemmed from the Egyptians belief that the vein from this finger led straight to the heart.
In the 14th century wealthy Europeans had their wedding rings set with jewels, somewhat like modern engagement rings. It was 1477 that the modern engagement came into being; Emperor Maximilian gave a diamond engagement ring to his fiancée Mary of Burgundy. It was in the 19th century with the diamond rush in South Africa the diamond engagement ring came into its own.
In the 1930's the now famous slogan "A Diamond is forever" was created.
The earliest written reference to rings as love tokens is in 2BC in a work by the Roman playwright Plautus

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