A dictionary of Greek and Roman . pictures,vases, and other works of art, precious stones,elaborately wrought and richly embroidered stuffs,and every object which could be regarded as valu-able or curious. 4. A body of flute-players. 5. Thewhite bulls or oxen destined for sacrifice, withgilded horns, decorated with infulae and serta, at-tended by the slaughtering priests with their im-plements, and followed by the Camilli bearing intheir hands paterae and other holy vessels and in-struments. 6. Elephants or any other strangeanimals, natives of the conquered districts. 7. Thearms
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . pictures,vases, and other works of art, precious stones,elaborately wrought and richly embroidered stuffs,and every object which could be regarded as valu-able or curious. 4. A body of flute-players. 5. Thewhite bulls or oxen destined for sacrifice, withgilded horns, decorated with infulae and serta, at-tended by the slaughtering priests with their im-plements, and followed by the Camilli bearing intheir hands paterae and other holy vessels and in-struments. 6. Elephants or any other strangeanimals, natives of the conquered districts. 7. Thearms and insignia of the leaders of the foe. leaders themselves, and such of their kindredas had been taken prisoners, followed by the wholeband of inferior captives in fetters. 9. The coronaeand other tributes of respect and gratitude be-stowed on the Imperator by allied kings and states. 10. The lictors of the Imperator in single file, theirfasces wreathed with laurel. (Plin. H. N. v. 40.) 11. The Imperator himself in a circular chariot of. a peculiar form (Zonar. vii. 21) drawn by fourhorses, which were sometimes, though rarely, white.(Plut. Camill. 7 ; Serv. I. c.; Dion Cass, xliii. 14.)The circular form of the chariot is seen in the pre-ceding cut, copied from a marble formerly in thepossession of the Duke dAlcala at Seville (Mont-faucon, Ant. Exp. vol. iv. pi. cv.), and also in thefollowing cut, which represents the reverse of oneof the coins of the Antonines. He was attired ina gold embroidered robe {toga picta) and floweredtunic (tunica palmata), he bore in his right hand alaurel bough (Plut. Paul!. 32), and in his left asceptre, (Dionys. v. 47 ; Val. Max. iv. 4. § 5), his brows were encircled with a wreath of Delphic laurel(Plin. H. N. xv. 38, 39), in addition to which, inancient times, his body was painted bright red.(Plin. H. N. xxiii. 36.) He was accompaniedin his chariot by his children of tender years
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