A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life (1920)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities · London, British Museum · leaf 104
an army, which was a regular institution,not a temporary levy of citizens, they were elaborately developed.The eagle was the standard of the legion. It was a gilt image ofthe bird with spread wings, holding a thunderbolt in its claws.Marks of military distinction bestowed upon the… … Fig. 91.—Roman LegionaryBadges used as Standards,prom the Trajan Column. ARMS AND ARMOUR. 93 were originally banners (vexilla) mounted on spears, with honorarywreaths and medallions attached to the shafts. A cast of sucha standard is exhibited (No. 237). The cross-piece represents thebar on which…
Civilization, Greek and Roman · Classical antiquities
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