A dictionary of Greek and Roman . s are the following:Winckelmann, numerous passages in his works ;the descriptions of the Roman baths by Cameron,Lond. 1772, and Palladio and Scamozzi, Vicenza,1785 ; Stieglitz, Archdologie der Batckunst, vol. 267, &c.; Hirt, Lehre der Gebdude, p. 233, &c.;Weinbrenner, Entwurfe und Ergdnzungen antilcerGebdude, Carlsruhe, 1822, part 1 ; the editors ofVitruvius, especially Schneider, vol. ii. pp. 375—391 ; for the baths of Pompeii, Bechi, Mus. Bor-bon. vol. ii. pp. 49—52 ; Gell, Pompeiana; Pom-peii in the Lib. Ent. Know. ; and for the bestsumm
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . s are the following:Winckelmann, numerous passages in his works ;the descriptions of the Roman baths by Cameron,Lond. 1772, and Palladio and Scamozzi, Vicenza,1785 ; Stieglitz, Archdologie der Batckunst, vol. 267, &c.; Hirt, Lehre der Gebdude, p. 233, &c.;Weinbrenner, Entwurfe und Ergdnzungen antilcerGebdude, Carlsruhe, 1822, part 1 ; the editors ofVitruvius, especially Schneider, vol. ii. pp. 375—391 ; for the baths of Pompeii, Bechi, Mus. Bor-bon. vol. ii. pp. 49—52 ; Gell, Pompeiana; Pom-peii in the Lib. Ent. Know. ; and for the bestsummary of the whole subject, Becker, Gallus, p. 11, &c.) [A. R.] BALTEUS, or BALTEA in the plural(re\a/j.(av), a belt, a shoulder-belt, a baldric,was used to suspend the sword ; and, as thesword commonly hung beside the left hip, its beltwas supported by the right shoulder, and passedobliquely over the breast, as is seen in the beauti-ful cameo here introduced from the FlorentineMuseum. In the Homeric times the Greeks also. used a belt to support the shield ; and this secondbelt lay over the other, and was larger and broaderthan it (II. xiv. 404—406) ; but as this shield-belt was found inconvenient, it was superseded bythe invention of the Carian oxavov [Clipeus.]The very early disuse of the shield-belt accounts for the fact, that this part of the ancient armouris never exhibited in paintings or sculptures. Athird use of the balteus was to suspend the quiver,and sometimes together with it the bow. ( 91.) The belt was usually made of leather,but was ornamented with gold, silver, and preciousstones, and on it subjects of ancient art were fre-quently embroidered or embossed. (Herod, ; XP^0605 TeAafiw?, Od. xi. 610 ; (paeivSs,II. xii. 401 ; Virg. Aen. v. 312.) The belts ofthe Roman emperors were also magnificentlyadorned, and we learn from inscriptions that therewas a distinct officer — the baltearius — who hadthe charge of, them in the imperial pal
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