I want to know why it's called Celtic Poison Ring?
Because of the Celtic design on the centerpiece...........BUT a poison ring is not exclusively Celtic in origin.
In Roman times finger rings were worn not only to effect healing but also to poison oneself or others. Poison rings carried a liquid poison in a small cavity in the bezel. A spring was connected to the cavity in such a way that the murderer could give a fatal scratch while shaking the hand of the enemy. This device was probably suggested by the poison fang of a snake.
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The Carthaginian general Hannibal took a fatal dose of poison from his ring (183 or 182 B. C.) rather than surrender to the Romans. The sixteenth-century Borgia family in Italy, known for its treachery, supposedly used poison rings to murder its enemies.
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EDIT - just google poison rings and you'll find all sorts of designs. Not just Celtic!
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