School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . ch legion in the provinces; and thisofliccr, as the emperors lieutenant, had thetitle of pruefectus, or Icgatus legiotiis. Thefirst appointment of this kind appears tohave taken place in the reign of Augustus,and Tacitus mentions the existence of theoffice in the reign of Tiberius. The au-tliority of the legatus was superior to thatof the tribunes, who before were responsibleonly to the consul. EXILIUM. [ExsiLiuM.] EXODIA (e|({5ia, from e| and 6^6$)were old-fashioned and laughable interludesin verses, inserted in other plays, but chieflyin the
School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . ch legion in the provinces; and thisofliccr, as the emperors lieutenant, had thetitle of pruefectus, or Icgatus legiotiis. Thefirst appointment of this kind appears tohave taken place in the reign of Augustus,and Tacitus mentions the existence of theoffice in the reign of Tiberius. The au-tliority of the legatus was superior to thatof the tribunes, who before were responsibleonly to the consul. EXILIUM. [ExsiLiuM.] EXODIA (e|({5ia, from e| and 6^6$)were old-fashioned and laughable interludesin verses, inserted in other plays, but chieflyin the Atellanae. The exodium seems tohave been introduced among the Romansfrom Italian Greece; but after its intro-duction it became very popular among theRomans, and continued to be played downto a very late period. EXOMIS (i^), a dress which hadonly a sleeve for the left arm, leaving thelight with the shoulder ancl^ a part of thebreast free, and was for this reason calledexomis. It is represented in the followingfigure of Charon. EXSILIUM. 169. The exomis was usually worn by slavesand working people. EXOSTRA (f^uxTTpa, from i^ci>64ci>), atheatrical machine, by means of whichtilings which had been concealed behindthe curtain on the stage were pushed orrolled forward from behind it, and thus be-came visible to the spectators. EXPEDITUS is opposed to impeditus,and signifies unincumbered with armouror with baggage (impedimenta). Hencethe epithet was often applied to any por-tion of the Roman army, when the neces-sity for haste, or the desire to conduct itwith the greatest facility from place toplace, made it desirable to leave behindevery weight that could be spared. EXPLORATORES. [Speculatores.] EXSEQUIAE. [ EXSFLIUM ((pvy-n), banishment. Banishment among the Greekstates seldom, if ever, appears as a punish-ment appointed by law for particular of-fences. We might, indeed, expect this, forthe division of Greece into a number of in-dependent states would nei
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