A dictionary of Greek and Roman . ARRA. ARTABA. 137 a gold bracelet found in Britain, and preserved inthe British Museum. It appears to be made of two. gold wires twisted together, and the mode of fas-tening it upon the arm, by a clasp, is worthy of ob-servation. It has evidently been a ladys third figure represents an armilla, which musthave been intended as a reward for soldiers, for itwould be ridiculous to suppose such a massive or-nament to have been designed for women. Theoriginal, of pure gold, is more than twice thelength of the figure, and was found in Chesh
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . ARRA. ARTABA. 137 a gold bracelet found in Britain, and preserved inthe British Museum. It appears to be made of two. gold wires twisted together, and the mode of fas-tening it upon the arm, by a clasp, is worthy of ob-servation. It has evidently been a ladys third figure represents an armilla, which musthave been intended as a reward for soldiers, for itwould be ridiculous to suppose such a massive or-nament to have been designed for women. Theoriginal, of pure gold, is more than twice thelength of the figure, and was found in Cheshire.(Archaeologia, xxvii. 400.) ARMILUSTRIUM, a Roman festival for thepurification of arms. It was celebrated every yearon the 14th before the calends of November (), when the citizens assembled in arms andoffered sacrifices in the place called Armilustrum,or Vicus Armilustri, in the 13th region of the city.(Festus, s. v.; Varro, De Ling. Lat. iv. 32, v. 3 ;Liv. xxvii. 37; P. Vict. De Regionibus, ;Inscrip. in Gruter, p. 250.) [P. S.] ARRA, ARRABO, or ARRHA, ARRH ABO,Gaius (iii. 139.) says: What is given as arra, isa proof of a contract of buying and
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