A dictionary of Greek and Roman . -1§. is copied from two out of the four. The first panelrepresents Trajan giving a king to the Parthians :seven standards are held by the soldiers. Thesecond, containing five standards, represents theperformance of the sacrifice called suovetaurilia.(Bartoli, u4 rc. Triumph.) When Constantine had embraced Christianity,a figure or emblem of Clirist, woven in gold uponpurple cloth, was substituted for the head of theemperor. This richly ornamented standard wascalled laharum. (Prudentius cont. St/mm. i. 466,488 ; Niceph. H. E. vii. 37.) Since the mo
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . -1§. is copied from two out of the four. The first panelrepresents Trajan giving a king to the Parthians :seven standards are held by the soldiers. Thesecond, containing five standards, represents theperformance of the sacrifice called suovetaurilia.(Bartoli, u4 rc. Triumph.) When Constantine had embraced Christianity,a figure or emblem of Clirist, woven in gold uponpurple cloth, was substituted for the head of theemperor. This richly ornamented standard wascalled laharum. (Prudentius cont. St/mm. i. 466,488 ; Niceph. H. E. vii. 37.) Since the movements of a body of troops and ofevery portion of it were regulated by the standards,all the evolutions, acts, and incidents of the Ro-man army were expressed by phrases derivedfrom this circumstance. Thus signa inferre meant to advance (Caesar, B. G. i. 25, ii. 25), referre toretreat, and convertere to face about ; efterre, orcastris vellere, to march out of the camp ( i. 108) ; ad signa convenire, to re-assemble.(Caesar, B. G. vi. 1.
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