A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life (1920)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities · London, British Museum · leaf 102
man from head to foot, and was slunground his neck by a strap. Herodotussays that this unwieldy weapon was super-seded by the smaller shield, an invention ofthe Carians, held on the left arm by a loopand a cross-bar (fig. 102). The commonshapes were circular and oval; more fanciful patterns,… … Pig. 88.—Bkonze AnkleGuard (No. 229). 1:4.
Civilization, Greek and Roman · Classical antiquities
Internet Archive · University of Toronto, Robarts Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
