. 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. original fragment found at plates are of bone; and each hastwo holes near the upper edges,through which the connecting wirelink is passed, as shown on a largescale by the right-hand part of theengraving ; but when the parts areput together, these are covered andprotected by the circular end of an-
. 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. original fragment found at plates are of bone; and each hastwo holes near the upper edges,through which the connecting wirelink is passed, as shown on a largescale by the right-hand part of theengraving ; but when the parts areput together, these are covered andprotected by the circular end of an-other plate which laps over them, as shown by the smaller pattern on theleft hand. 7. A cuirass, formed by two broadplates of metal across the chest, andlong flexible bands (laminae) of steelover the shoulders, and round thewaist; so arranged, that while theyfitted closely to the shape of thewearer, they would adapt themselvesto all his motions, by slipping underand over one another, as the armswere raised, or the body bent, asshown by the annexed example, fromthe Column of Trajan. The charac-teristic name by which cuirasses ofthis kind were distinguished has not. survived; but the object itself is ofvery common occurrence on the tri-umphal arches and columns. It ap-pears to have constituted the ordinaryarmour of the common legionarysoldier under the empire ; for it isnever worn by the superior officers,but always by the gregarians, whoserank is understood from the dutiesthey perform when not engaged withthe enemy; such as felling timberfor stockades, building forts, trans-porting provisions, &c. Some writershave recognised this as the cuirass ofserpents scales (QoX&ootos. No. 4.),to which it does not possess sufficientresemblance. 8. (&copa£ aXvaidwros). A shirt ofchain mail, formed by a regular seriesof links, connected together into acontinuous chain (aXvais ; molli loricacatena, Val. Flacc. vi. 233.). It wasworn by the hastati under the repub-lic (Polyb. vi. 23.) ; and is
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