{"id":5419,"date":"2013-04-04T17:16:01","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T23:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=5419"},"modified":"2013-04-04T17:16:01","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T23:16:01","slug":"one-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=5419","title":{"rendered":"One Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ring from Roman Britain with Latin inscription. (BBC)<\/p><\/div>\n

Is this Roman ring the inspiration for J. R. R. Tolkien’s ring of power<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Maybe, maybe not. It makes for an interesting story, and at least you can say that he was thinking about magical rings before Lord of the Rings <\/em>was written.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is this Roman ring the inspiration for J. R. R. Tolkien’s ring of power? Maybe, maybe not. It makes for an interesting story, and at least you can say that he was thinking about magical rings before Lord of the Rings was written.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20,21,12],"class_list":["post-5419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-archaeology","tag-england","tag-writing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-1pp","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":340,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=340","url_meta":{"origin":5419,"position":0},"title":"It's all about birds Things\u2026","author":"Chas S. 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