It was rumored that Nero, an infamous Roman Emperor, held a very fashionable glass gem to his eye in order to watch the gladiators at the arena. There are stories of scholars from the late BC's using glasses of water for magnification. The first magnifying glass believed to be for reading was not developed until 1000 AD. The Chinese did have glasses around 2000 years ago, but only to protect them from evil spirits - no proof they made the jup to using them to correct vision.
And to think nowadays many people couldn't live without eyeglasses. Well glasses have certainly come a long way. And today what was once thought of as a crutch (you remember "four eyes" and the rest of the jibes growing up I'm sure) is now a fashion. You can find some beautiful glasses today. Some of the nicest around can be found at eyeglasses.com. One of the many cool things about the internet is you no longer have to travel around the countryside, or even be a Roman Emperor to get something that looks great and helps you see.
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