A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . ?fE/\ -*C1D!TEELI^-VA C!/ U(> .; s »NFEFXE-LICEEIT I-OtLlVf ^ - ?% Fig. If). — Momimeut to Manias Caelius,i a Roman, who fell iu the caiupuiyu oiVarus. Found in 1()33 at Xanten, now at Bonn. (Height four and one-third feet.)1 Manius is rejnesented in full military dress, with his decorations : on his head acorona civica, a wreath of oak-leaves covering a medallion, bestowed for saving the lifeof a citizen in battle ; about his neck the torques ; from his shoulders are suspended twolarge annillae.
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . ?fE/\ -*C1D!TEELI^-VA C!/ U(> .; s »NFEFXE-LICEEIT I-OtLlVf ^ - ?% Fig. If). — Momimeut to Manias Caelius,i a Roman, who fell iu the caiupuiyu oiVarus. Found in 1()33 at Xanten, now at Bonn. (Height four and one-third feet.)1 Manius is rejnesented in full military dress, with his decorations : on his head acorona civica, a wreath of oak-leaves covering a medallion, bestowed for saving the lifeof a citizen in battle ; about his neck the torques ; from his shoulders are suspended twolarge annillae. The decorations of a specifically military character are the twolions heads behind his shoulders, and the five large medallions on his breast, known asphalerae. Upon the central one of the phalerae is a head of Medusa; on the others,heads crowned with ivy, and a lions head. All these decorations are fastened by strapsto his cuirass, or lorica. In his hand beholds the vine branch, or vltis, sign of his rankas centurion. On his wrists are bracelets. The inscription, with abbreviations givenin
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