One of the 12 Salii, or leaping priests, in costume of an archaic warrior, ancient Rome. In embroidred tunic, red cloak or paludamentum, spiked helmet or apex, with spear and bronze shield or ancilia. In a processeion around the city. Pretre Salien chez les Romains. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by L. Labrousse, artist of Bordeaux, under the direction of Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his L’antique Rome, ou description historique et pittoresque, Ancient Rome, or historical and picturesque description, Chez Deroy, Paris, 1796.

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