. The life of the Greeks and Romans. umerous specimens are still inexistence. Officers undoubtedly usedsuperior weapons, distinguished by thegraceful form of the handle (Fig. 516, c)or by the valuable material and ornamen-tation of the scabbard. Fig. 516, d, showsa scabbard adorned with gold and silverornaments; it was found, in 1848, nearMayence, and is, perhaps, a sword ofhonour presented by Tiberius (whose por-trait, en medallion, appears on it) to oneof his generals. The Spanish sword wascarried in a shoulder-belt (battens, and 512) or waist-belt (Fig. 523) ; inthe latter way it w
. The life of the Greeks and Romans. umerous specimens are still inexistence. Officers undoubtedly usedsuperior weapons, distinguished by thegraceful form of the handle (Fig. 516, c)or by the valuable material and ornamen-tation of the scabbard. Fig. 516, d, showsa scabbard adorned with gold and silverornaments; it was found, in 1848, nearMayence, and is, perhaps, a sword ofhonour presented by Tiberius (whose por-trait, en medallion, appears on it) to oneof his generals. The Spanish sword wascarried in a shoulder-belt (battens, and 512) or waist-belt (Fig. 523) ; inthe latter way it was worn chiefly bysuperior officers, and always on the rightside, while the old Gallic sword was worn on the left. In closefights the soldiers used to advance the right leg, while in throw-ing the javelin the left leg was put forward. Besides the swordthe soldiers on the imperial monuments frequently have a longnarrow dagger on the right side (see the signifer in Lersch,Centrainiuseuin, II., and the centurio, Clarac, Mus£e, II., pi. Fig. 516. 574 BOWMEN AND SLINGERS. 148, No. 319), which considerably differs from the broad, shortdagger, frequently found in the graves of barbarian nations. Longerswords (spdtha) reappear after the time of Hadrian, used only bycertain divisions of the army. Fig. 516, c, represents a sabre worn(on arches and columns) only by barbarian soldiers. Bow (arcus) and arrows (sagitta) seem to have been firstadopted in the time of Marius from the foreign allies, and their
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