A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life (1920)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities · London, British Museum · leaf 101
he Empire it became a mark of distinctionfor the centurions. Some rare pieces of armour are arranged with the greaves.No. 226 is a thigh-piece, of which the provenance is not known.A similar piece was found at Olympia. Armour for the thigh isrepresented on some Greek vases of the sixth century…
Civilization, Greek and Roman · Classical antiquities
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