RM2CT28TH–. An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c, with their derivations . (Jpima Spolia. Trophy Opima Spolia, R. The spoils of honour,consisting of armour set up as a trophy anddedicated in the temple of Jupiter Feretrius atRome. These were spoils taken from the chiefof a hostile army, who had been killed by thehand of a Roman general. Plutarch assertsthat the spolia opima w
RM2CDBDX1–. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . uin shows that the hill is meant; andthe same historian, in describing Romulus consecrat-ing the spolia opima to Jupiter Feretrius a couple ofcenturies before the Capitoline temple was founded, i:i Capitolium e-cendit (i. 10). The Greekwriters use rb KairiTwAtuv in the same man-ner: Pa>/xvKos nlv rb riaXaTtov xarixuv — Tarios8« rb KairnuKiuv. (Dionys. ii. 50.) Hence we de-duce as a first general rule that the term Capitoliumis sometimes used of the whole hill. :idly, it may be shown that the whole hill,when characterised generally as the Roman cit
RM2CPWPYW–. An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c., with their derivations . Fig. 501. ()piiiia Spolia. Trophy of Gallic Ensigns. Opima Spolia, R. The spoils of honour,consisting of armour set u]> as a trophy anddedicated in the temple of Ju]>iter Feretrius atRome. These were spoils taken from the chiefof a hostile army, who had been killed by thehand of a Roman general.
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