A dictionary of Greek and Roman . comparing it with that of the Greek hoplite inthe other cut, we perceive that the several parts ofthe armour correspond, excepting only that theRoman soldier wears a dagger (fxaxcupa, pugio)on his right side instead of a sword on his left, andinstead of greaves upon his legs, has femoralia andcaligae. All the essential parts of the Romanheavy armour (lorica, ensis, clipeus, galea, hasta)are mentioned together in an epigram of Martial(ix. 57) ; and all except the spear in a well knownpassage (Eph. vi. 14—17) of St. Paul, whose enu-meration ex
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . comparing it with that of the Greek hoplite inthe other cut, we perceive that the several parts ofthe armour correspond, excepting only that theRoman soldier wears a dagger (fxaxcupa, pugio)on his right side instead of a sword on his left, andinstead of greaves upon his legs, has femoralia andcaligae. All the essential parts of the Romanheavy armour (lorica, ensis, clipeus, galea, hasta)are mentioned together in an epigram of Martial(ix. 57) ; and all except the spear in a well knownpassage (Eph. vi. 14—17) of St. Paul, whose enu-meration exactly coincides with the figures on thearch of Severus, and who makes mention not onlyof greaves, but of shoes or sandals for the feet. The soft or flexible parts of the heavy armourwere made of cloth or leather. The metal princi-pally used in their formation was that compound ofcopper and tin which we call bronze, or morek 4 136 ARMILLA. ARMILLA. properly bell-metal. [Aes.] Hence the namesfor this metal (xaA/cds, aes) are often used to mean. armour, and the light reflected from the arms of awarrior is called avy^ yaXKeir] by Homer, and luxacna by Virgil. (Aen. ii. 470.) Instead of copper,iron afterwards came to be very extensively usedIn the manufacture of arms, although articles madeof it are much more rarely discovered, because ironis by exposure to air and moisture exceedingly liableto corrosion and decay. Gold and silver, and tinunmixed with copper, were also used, more espe-cially to enrich and adorn the armour. [J. Y.] ARMARIUM, originally a place for keepingarms, afterwards a cupboard, set upright in theAvail of a room, in which were kept not only arms,but also clothes, books, money, ornaments, smallimages and pictures, and other articles of armarium was generally placed in the atriumof the house. (Dig. 33. tit. 10. s. 3 ; Cic. ProCluent. 64 ; Petron. Sat. 29 ; Plin. H. N. s. 32, xxxv. 2.) The divisions of a librarywere called armaria. (Vitruv. vii.
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