Ancient Roman Translucent Glass AmphoraRoman Period 300 400 CE, 7. 5 Inches High and 1. 7 Inches Wide Ancient Roman Translucent Glass Amphora with two handles and an elongated neck. Mould blown with a long cylindrical body, the flaring neck with an inward folded everted rim, Intact in good condition. In the middle of the 1st century BC, just as Rome was emerging as the Mediterraneans dominant political, military, and economic power, a technique pioneered by Syrian craftsmen arrived: