School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . ACEKBA, INCENSE-BOS. The acerra was also a small moveabhaltar placed before the dead, on which per- ACROPOLIS. fumes were burnt. The use of acerrae atfunerals was forbidden by a law of theTwelve Tables as an unnecessary expense. ACIES. [ExEUciTus.] ACINACES (aKwoLKris), a Persiansword, whence Horace speaks of the Medusacinnces. The acinaces was a short andstraight weapon, and thus differed fromthe Roman sica, which was curved. Itwas worn on the right side of the body,whereas the Greeks and Romans usuallyhad their swords suspended on the leftsi
School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . ACEKBA, INCENSE-BOS. The acerra was also a small moveabhaltar placed before the dead, on which per- ACROPOLIS. fumes were burnt. The use of acerrae atfunerals was forbidden by a law of theTwelve Tables as an unnecessary expense. ACIES. [ExEUciTus.] ACINACES (aKwoLKris), a Persiansword, whence Horace speaks of the Medusacinnces. The acinaces was a short andstraight weapon, and thus differed fromthe Roman sica, which was curved. Itwas worn on the right side of the body,whereas the Greeks and Romans usuallyhad their swords suspended on the leftside. The form of the acinaces, with themode of wearing it, is illustrated by thefollowing Persepolitan ACINACES, PERSIAN SWOBD. ACLIS, a kind of dart with a leathernhong attached to it. [Amentum.] ACROAMA {), which properlyncans any thing heard, was the name given0 a concert of players on different musicalustruments, and also to an interlude per-)rmed during the exhibition of the publicames. The word is also applied to thectors and musicians who were employed tomuse guests during an entertainment, and. sometimes used to designate the anag-Dstae. [Anagnostes.] ACROPOLIS (oKp^TToAw). In almost1 Greek states, which were usually built on a hill, rock, or some natural elevation, ACTIO. 3 there was a castle or a citadel, erected uponthe highest part of the rock or hill, to whichthe name o{ Acropolis, higher or upper city,was given. Thus we read of an acropolis atAthens, Corinth, Argos, Messene, and manyother places. The Capitolium at Romeanswered the same purpose as the Acropolisin the Greek cities; and of the same kindwere the tower of Agathocles at Utica, andthat of Antonia at Jeru
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