A dictionary of Greek and Roman . ; compare Sueton. Vitell. c. 11.) HenceCicero declared that Verres had sinned contraauspicia, contra omnes divinas et humanas reli-giones, because, after leaving the city in his palu-damentum (cum paludatus eotrisset), he stole back ina litter to visit his mistress. (In Verr. v. 13.) The paludamentum was open in front, reached3 i 3 854 PAL UD AMENTUM. down to the knees or a little lower, and hungloosely over the shoulders, being fastened acrossthe chest by a clasp. A foolish controversy hasarisen among antiquaries with regard to the posi-tion of
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . ; compare Sueton. Vitell. c. 11.) HenceCicero declared that Verres had sinned contraauspicia, contra omnes divinas et humanas reli-giones, because, after leaving the city in his palu-damentum (cum paludatus eotrisset), he stole back ina litter to visit his mistress. (In Verr. v. 13.) The paludamentum was open in front, reached3 i 3 854 PAL UD AMENTUM. down to the knees or a little lower, and hungloosely over the shoulders, being fastened acrossthe chest by a clasp. A foolish controversy hasarisen among antiquaries with regard to the posi-tion of this clasp, some asserting that it rested onthe right shoulder, others on the left, both partiesappealing to ancient statues and sculptures in sup-port of their several opinions. It is evident fromthe nature of the garment, as represented in theannexed illustrations, that the buckle must haveshifted from place to place according to the move-ments of the wearer ; accordingly, in the followingcut, which contains two figures from Trajans column,. one representing an officer, the other the emperorwith a tunic and fringed paludamentum, we ob-serve the clasp on the right shoulder, and thiswould manifestly be its usual position when thecloak was not used for warmth, for thus the right
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