A dictionary of Greek and Roman . spear, and go| to battle in trowsers and with hats upon theirheads. (Herod, v. 49.) Hence also the phraseBraccati militis arcus, signifying that those whowore trowsers were in general armed with thebow. (Propert. iii. 3. 17.) In particular, weare informed of the use of trowsers or pantaloonsamong the following nations: — the Medes andPersians; the Parthians; the Phrygians; theI Sacae ; the Sarmatae ; the Dacians and Getae ;the Teutones; the Belgae; the Britons ; and theGauls. The Latin word braccae is the same as theScottish breeks and the Englis
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . spear, and go| to battle in trowsers and with hats upon theirheads. (Herod, v. 49.) Hence also the phraseBraccati militis arcus, signifying that those whowore trowsers were in general armed with thebow. (Propert. iii. 3. 17.) In particular, weare informed of the use of trowsers or pantaloonsamong the following nations: — the Medes andPersians; the Parthians; the Phrygians; theI Sacae ; the Sarmatae ; the Dacians and Getae ;the Teutones; the Belgae; the Britons ; and theGauls. The Latin word braccae is the same as theScottish breeks and the English terms are used in all the northernlanguages. Also the Cossack and Persian trowsersof the present day differ in no material respectfrom those which were anciently worn in the samecountries. In ancient monuments we find theabove-mentioned people constantly exhibited introwsers, thus clearly distinguishing them fromGreeks and Romans. An example is seen in theannexed group of Sarmatians, taken from the co-lumn of Trowsers were principally Woollen ; but Agathiasstates (Hist. ii. 5) that in Europe they were alsomade of linen and of leather ; probably the Asiaticsmade them of cotton and of silk. Sometimes theywere striped {virgatae, Propert, iv. IE 43), andornamented with a woof of various colours (iroiKiAai,Xen. Anal. i. 5. § 8). The Greeks seem never tohave worn them. They were also unknown atRome during the republican period ; and in a. Caecina gave great offence on his march intoItaly, because he wore braccae, which were re-garded as tegmen barbarum. (Tac. Hist. ii. 20.)In the next century, however,- they gradually cameinto use at Rome ; but they would appear never tohave been generally worn. It is recorded ofAlexander Severus that he wore white braccae,and not crimson ones (coccineae), as had been thecustom with preceding emperors. The use of themin the city was forbidden by Honorius. ( Sever. 40.) [J. Y.] BRASIDEIA (£pa<n
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