and carry the scutum, whilst the others haveguards and fasciae on both legs, and small shields (parmae). It 1 The provision of such spectacles for the public amusement was the mostimportant function of the seviri, whose ambition was gratified by the privi-leges of the editor muneris—the wearing of… … 366 PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS chap, vii seems as though the artist, who intends us to regard the first andthird as one pair of opponents, the second and fourth as another,may have been ckimsily endeavouring to depict a fight betweentwo troops of gladiators (gregatim pugnantes). At the other end ofthe…
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