Pompeii, its history, buildings, and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations, and also an itinerary for visitors . leg.* The horse is covered with the sagma, asquare saddle-cloth in use among the Roman cavalry; thecrupper is painted red. The action of the figures is appears to have aimed at Nobilior a blow with hislance, who having received it on the buckler, attacks in histurn Bebrix, who now places himself on the defensive. The group next in succession represents two gladiatorswhose names are de
Pompeii, its history, buildings, and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations, and also an itinerary for visitors . leg.* The horse is covered with the sagma, asquare saddle-cloth in use among the Roman cavalry; thecrupper is painted red. The action of the figures is appears to have aimed at Nobilior a blow with hislance, who having received it on the buckler, attacks in histurn Bebrix, who now places himself on the defensive. The group next in succession represents two gladiatorswhose names are defaced. The first wears a helmet havinga vizor, much ornamented, with the long buckler (scutum). * Similar to the moccasins of the Indians or the Scotch brogue. A similararticle of home manufacture, made of raw hide, is still in use among thepeasants of southern Italy.—See Pinellis Costumes. 234 POMPEII. It is presumed that lie should have for offensive weapon asword, but the sculptor has neglected to represent it. Likeall the other gladiators, he wears the subligaculum, a shortapron of red or white stuff fixed above the hips by a girdleof bronze or embroidered leather. On the right leg is a. kind of buskin, commonly made of coloured leather ; on theleft an ocrea or greave, not reaching to the knee. The leftleg is thus armed, because that side of the body was themost exposed by the ancients, whose guard on account of thebuckler was the reverse of the modern guard; the rest ofthe body is entirely naked. The other figure is armedwith a helmet ornamented with wings, a smaller buckler,ihigh-pieces formed of plates of iron, and on each leg thehigh greave, called by the Greeks kv-tjixiq. These figuresappear to represent one of the light-armed class, called Veles,and a Samnite (Samnis), so called because they were armedafter the old Samnite fashion. The former, who has beensixteen times a conqueror in various games, has at last en-countered a more fortunate, or a more skilful adversa
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