A dictionary of Greek and Roman . Arrian, I. c).Virgil several times mentions hauberks in whichthe rings, linked or hooked into one another, wereof gold {loricam consertam hamis, auroque trilicem,Virg. Aen. iii. 467, v. 259, vii. 639). In contradistinction to the flexible cuirasses, orcoats of mail, which have now been described, thatcommonly worn by the Greeks and Romans, moreespecially in the earlier ages, was called Srwpac,arddios, or crraTos, because, when placed upon theground on its lower edge, it stood erect. In con-sequence of its firmness it was even used as a seatto res
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . Arrian, I. c).Virgil several times mentions hauberks in whichthe rings, linked or hooked into one another, wereof gold {loricam consertam hamis, auroque trilicem,Virg. Aen. iii. 467, v. 259, vii. 639). In contradistinction to the flexible cuirasses, orcoats of mail, which have now been described, thatcommonly worn by the Greeks and Romans, moreespecially in the earlier ages, was called Srwpac,arddios, or crraTos, because, when placed upon theground on its lower edge, it stood erect. In con-sequence of its firmness it was even used as a seatto rest upon. (Paus. x. 27. §2.) It consistedprincipally of the two yvaha, viz. the breast-plateXpectorale) made of hard leather or of bronze, iron,or sometimes the more precious metals, whichcovered the breast and abdomen (Horn. //. v. 99,xiii. 507, 587, xvii. 314) ; and of the correspond-z z 4 712 LORICA. ing plate which covered the back. (Paus. x. 26. 2 ;Horn. II. xv. 530.) Both of these pieces wereadapted to the form of the body, as may be per-. ference of form and appearance between the an-tique Greek thorax and that worn by the Romanemperors and generals. The right-hand figureis from one of Mr. Hopes fictile vases {Costumesof the Ancients, i. 102), and bears a very strongresemblance to a Greek warrior painted on one ofSir W. Hamiltons (i. 4). The figure on the lefthand is taken from a marble statue of Caligulafound at Gabii. (Visconti, Mon. Gab. No. 38.)The gorgons head over the breast, and the twogriffins underneath it, illustrate the style of orna-ment which was common in the same circum-stances. (Mart. vii. 1. 1—4.) [Aegis.] The ex-ecution of these ornaments in relief was moreespecially the work of the Corinthians. (Cic. 44.) T;;e two plates were united on the right 6ide ofthe body by two hinges, as seen in the equestrianstatue of the younger Balbus at Naples, and invarious portions of bronze cuirasses still in ex-istence. On the other side, and sometimes onboth
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