{"product_id":"the-bulla","title":"The Bulla","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRoman children were given a bulla in their first days: a small gold amulet at the throat, worn every day until the morning they came of age, when it was set aside and left at the household shrine. It was the family's hope for the child, made into an object, and given long before the child could understand it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eOurs holds a silver denarius of Marcus Aurelius, worn thin by the hands it passed through, in a slim 18k surround. On the back, one word, chosen by whoever gives it: Fortitudo. Temperantia. Iustitia. Prudentia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe child will wear it for years before they can read it, and will ask what it means every year until they can. That is the point. Some things are carried first and understood later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMarcus wrote his private notes on how to live and never meant for anyone to read them. His own son did not become what he hoped. Nothing here is inherited. It is only practiced, and it begins early, or it begins late.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMade to be worn from about six. Until then, it is kept for them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aurelic Studios","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49060446470329,"sku":"AA-BULL-18K-E1","price":1450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/aurelicstudios.com\/products\/the-bulla","provider":"Aurelic Studios","version":"1.0","type":"link"}