A dictionary of Greek and Roman . th. vii.)The helmet often had two or even three crests.(Aesch. Sep. c. Theb. 384.) In the Roman armyof later times the crest served not only for orna-ment, but also to distinguish the different centu-rions, each of whom wore a casque of a peculiarform and appearance. (Veget. ii. 13.) 3. The two cheek-pieces (bucculae, Juv. x. 134 ;Trapayva6i8es, Eustath. in II. v. 743), which wereattached to the helmet by hinges, so as to be liftedup and down. They had buttons or ties at theirextremities for fastening the helmet on the head.(Val. Flace. vi. 626.)
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . th. vii.)The helmet often had two or even three crests.(Aesch. Sep. c. Theb. 384.) In the Roman armyof later times the crest served not only for orna-ment, but also to distinguish the different centu-rions, each of whom wore a casque of a peculiarform and appearance. (Veget. ii. 13.) 3. The two cheek-pieces (bucculae, Juv. x. 134 ;Trapayva6i8es, Eustath. in II. v. 743), which wereattached to the helmet by hinges, so as to be liftedup and down. They had buttons or ties at theirextremities for fastening the helmet on the head.(Val. Flace. vi. 626.) 4. The beaver, or visor, a peculiar form of whichis supposed to have been the avXcoivis rpvcpdXeia,i. e. the perforated beaver. (Horn. 77. xi. 353.)The gladiators wore helmets of this kind ( 203), and specimens of them, not unlike those worn in the middle ages, have been found at Pom-peii. See the wood-cut to Gladiatores. The five following helmets are selected from an-tique gems, and are engraved of the size of theoriginals. [J. Y.]. GALERICULUM. [Galerus.]GALERUS or GALERUM, was originallya covering for the head worn by priests, espe-cially by the Jlamen dialis (Gell. x. 15 ; Serv. adVirg. Aen. ii. 683). It appears to have been around cap made of leather, with its top ending inan apex or point. [See cut on p. 102.] The word isprobably connected with galea, a helmet. In courseof time the name was applied to any kind of capfitting close to the head like a helmet. (Virg. 688; Virg. Morel. 121; Suet. Ner. 26.) Galerusand its diminutive Galericulum are also used tosignify a covering for the head made of hair, andhence a wig. (Juv. Sat. vi. 120, with the Schol.;Suet. Oth. 12; Mart. xiv. 50.) GALLI, the priests of Cybele, whose worshipwas introduced at Rome from Phrygia, in 204.(Liv. xxix. 10, 14, xxxvi. 36.) The Galli were,according to an ancient custom, always castrated(spadones, semimares,semiviri,nec viri nec feminae),and it would seem that impelled by re
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