concept
sacred shields
also: ancilium
Reading notes
- The Histories §1.91 sacred shields
The ancilia, the twelve sacred shields of Mars kept by the Salian priests; during their March festival the army was not to move, a scruple Otho brushed aside.
concept
also: ancilium
The ancilia, the twelve sacred shields of Mars kept by the Salian priests; during their March festival the army was not to move, a scruple Otho brushed aside.