. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. ner, that when thrown upon theground, one of them would always stand upright, as in the annexedexample, from an original. It wasemployed in ancient warfare for thepurpose of impeding a charge ofcavalry, being thrown on the groundto wound the horses feet. iii. 24. TRIBUNAL (SiKaar-hpiov). Thetribunal;
. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. ner, that when thrown upon theground, one of them would always stand upright, as in the annexedexample, from an original. It wasemployed in ancient warfare for thepurpose of impeding a charge ofcavalry, being thrown on the groundto wound the horses feet. iii. 24. TRIBUNAL (SiKaar-hpiov). Thetribunal; a raised platform at oneextremity of a law court, upon whichthe curule seats of the judges andother persons of distinction whowished to attend the proceedings wereplaced. (Cic. Verr. ii. 2. 38. i. 37. Suet. Tib. 33.) It was. I sometimes of a square form, and con-! structed within the external wall ofthe court, as shown by the internalabuttment on the right side of theannexed engraving, which represents| the ground-plan of the Basilica atPompeii ; at others, it consisted of asemicircular absis or alcove (hemicy-clium, Vitruv. v. 1. 8.), projectingI beyond the external wall of the edi-I fice, as in the Basilica at Verona, of| which a restoration is exhibited at: P-81- 2. In a camp, the tribunal was anelevated platform upon which the ! general sat to administer justice| (Tac. Hist, iv. 25. Ib. iii. 10.); simi-; lar to the suggestum on p. 631. 3. In a Roman theatre, the tribunal. was an elevated seat in the pit (or-chestra, Suet. Claud. 21.), generallyappropriated to the use of the praetor(Id. Aug. 44.). I TRIBUNUS. A tribune; a titleI originally signifying an officer be-| longing to a tribe, either elected asI its president, or to perform certainduties in its behalf; whence thename was subsequently transferr
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