Roman Military belt question

[Peroni]

I recently had in my posession a belt plate tentatively dated to the second century. It had a kind of openwork fascia very similar to the later Saxon work using clusonet (spelling) work with cut garnets. Although no stones were extant in the piece, if they were ever there at all!



Also I had some small (40mm x 30mm) cavalry harness pendants which had circular recesses on the face. Theoretically they could have held cabochon decoration, which had been removed(?)

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b242/ ... CF1777.jpg

But, I too cannot find any other source stating that belts were definately bejeweled.

Regards,