A dictionary of Greek and Roman . elds in the templeswhen the 7rop7ra/ces were taken off, in order torender them unserviceable in case of any sudden orpopular outbreak ; which custom accounts for thealarm of Demosthenes in the Knights of Aristo-phanes (859), when he saw them hanging up withtheir handles on. The aairis was carried by the heavy-armed men(oTrAtrcu) during the historical times of Greece,and is opposed to the lighter ireXrri and yippov:hence we find the word aa-nis used to signify abody of oirXlrai (Xen. Anab. i. 7. § 10). According to Livy (i. 43), when the census wa
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . elds in the templeswhen the 7rop7ra/ces were taken off, in order torender them unserviceable in case of any sudden orpopular outbreak ; which custom accounts for thealarm of Demosthenes in the Knights of Aristo-phanes (859), when he saw them hanging up withtheir handles on. The aairis was carried by the heavy-armed men(oTrAtrcu) during the historical times of Greece,and is opposed to the lighter ireXrri and yippov:hence we find the word aa-nis used to signify abody of oirXlrai (Xen. Anab. i. 7. § 10). According to Livy (i. 43), when the census wasinstituted by Servius Tullius, the first class onlyused the clipeus, and the second were armed withthe scutum [Scutum] ; but after the Roman sol-dier received pay, the clipeus was discontinuedaltogether for the Sabine scutum. (Liv. viii. 8 ;compare ix. 19 ; Plut. Rom. 21 ; Diod. 3, who asserts that the original form of theRoman shield was square, and that it was subse-quently changed for that of the Tyrrhenians, whichwas round.). The practice of emblazoning shields with variousdevices, the origin of armorial bearings, is of con-siderable antiquity. It is mentioned as early asthe time of Aeschylus, who represents the sevenchiefs who marched against Thebes with suchshields (Aeschyl. Sept. c. Tlteb. 387, &c. ; Acn. viii. 658 ; Sil. Ital. viii. 386). This CLOACA. custom is illustrated by the preceding beautifulgem from the antique, in which the figure of Vic-tory is represented inscribing upon a clipeus thename or merits of some deceased hero. Each Roman soldier had also his own name in-scribed upon his shield, in order that he mightreadily find his own when the order was given tounpile arms (Veget. ii. 17) ; and sometimes thename of the commander under whom he fought.(Hirt. Bell. Alex. 58.) The clipeus was also used to regulate thetemperature of the vapour bath. [Balneae, , a.] [] CLITELLAE, a pair of panniers, and there-fore only used in the plu
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