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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Abolla
A cloak chiefly worn by soldiers, and thus opposed to the toga, the garb of peace. The abolla was used by by the lower classes at Rome, and consequently by the philosophers who affected severity of manners and life.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Aquilifer
An Aquilifer was the Roman soldier in charge of carrying the standard for his unit.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Auger
Among the anceient Romans, a functionary whose duty it was to observe and to interpret, according to traditional rules, the auspices, or reputed natural signs concerning future events.-Whitney, 1902.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Gaul With Trumpet
Gallic soldier blowing long trumpet known as carnyx.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Gladiators
Roman Gladiators fighting each other in front of an audience in an arena.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Legionary
The Legionary. - Greenough, 1899
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Lictors With Fasces
Lictors were guards of magistrates who carried fasces to show power to execute.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Light Soldier
Light-armed Soldier. - Greenough, 1899
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Etc: Clip Art Etc: Man and Woman in Roman Clothing
An illustration of a man and woman standing in typical Roman clothing. Clothing in ancient Rome generally consisted of the toga, the stola, brooches for these, and breeches. The toga, a distinctive garment of Ancient Rome, was a sash of...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Praetorian Guards
Praetorian guards were responsible for the protection of the Roman emperor.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Roman Armor
Armor used by the ancient Romans in battle.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Roman Centurio
A Centurio was a low-to-middle ranking officer in charge of a "century", ideally 100 men but ranging higher and lower than that number.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Roman Clypeus
The following cut represents a Roman clypeus, from the column of Trajan. The projection in the centre was called the umbo, or boss, and sometimes a spike or other prominent excrescence, was placed upon this. - Anthon, 1891
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Roman Soldiers
The distinction between rank and unit type doesn't seem to have been as precise as in a modern-day army, in which a soldier has a separate pay-grade, job description, and assigned unit.