A dictionary of Greek and Roman . the circus, but exhibited these feats ofhorsemanship. (Suet. Jul. 39.) Among other this species of equestrian dexterity was DIADEMA. DIAETETICA. 395 applied to the purposes of war. Livy mentions atroop of horse in the Numidian army, in whicheach soldier was supplied with a couple of horses,and in the heat of battle, and when clad in ar-mour, would leap with the greatest ease and cele-rity from that which was wearied or disabled uponthe back of the horse which was still sound andfresh, (xxiii. 29). The Scythians, Armenians, andsome of th
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . the circus, but exhibited these feats ofhorsemanship. (Suet. Jul. 39.) Among other this species of equestrian dexterity was DIADEMA. DIAETETICA. 395 applied to the purposes of war. Livy mentions atroop of horse in the Numidian army, in whicheach soldier was supplied with a couple of horses,and in the heat of battle, and when clad in ar-mour, would leap with the greatest ease and cele-rity from that which was wearied or disabled uponthe back of the horse which was still sound andfresh, (xxiii. 29). The Scythians, Armenians, andsome of the Indians, were skilled in the same art. The annexed woodcut shows three figures ofdesultores, one from a bronze lamp, published byBartoli (Antiche Lucerne Sepolcrali, i. 24), theothers from coins. In all these the rider wears apileus, or cap of felt, and his horse is without asaddle ; but these examples prove that he had theuse both of the whip and the rein. On the coinswe also observe the wreath and palm-branch asensigns of victory. [J. Y.]. DETESTATIO SACRORUM. [Gens.]DEVERSORIUM. [Caupona.]DEUNX. [As, p. 140, b ; [As, p. 140, b ; Libra.]DIABATERIA (SiaSaT-hpia), a sacrifice of-fered to Zeus and Athena by the kings of Sparta,upon passing the frontiers of Lacedaemon withthe command of an army. If the victims wereunfavourable, they disbanded the army and re-turned home. (Xen. De Rep. Lac. xi. 2 ; 54, 55, 116.) DIADEMA (5iddr)), a white fillet used toencircle the head (fascia alba, Val. Max. vi. 2.§ 7). The invention of this ornament is by Pliny(vii. 57) attributed to Liber DiodorusSiculus adds (iv. p. 250, Wessel.), that he wore itto assuage headache, the consequence of indulgencein wine. Accordingly, in works of ancient art, Dio-nysus wears a plain bandage on his head, as shownin the cut under Cantharus. The decorationis properly Oriental. It is commonly representedon the heads of Eastern monarchs. Justin (xii. 3)relates that Alexander the
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