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Cestus (Ancient Gr****: Κεστός, romanized: Kestos), plural: cesti, in a
general sense meant, for
ancient Gr****s and Romans, any band or tie. However, it...
- A
cestus or
caestus (classical Latin: [ˈkae̯stʊs],
Ancient Gr****: Kεστός) is a
battle glove that was
sometimes used in
Roman gladiatorial events. It was...
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Happy Journey (Czech: Šťastnou
cestu) is a 1943
Czechoslovak drama film
directed by
Otakar Vávra. The film
featured four
leading actresses of 1940s Czech...
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Atrytonopsis cestus, the
cestus skipper, is a
species of gr****
skipper in the
butterfly family Hesperiidae. The MONA or
Hodges number for
Atrytonopsis cestus is...
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became a weapon.
Metal studs were
introduced to the
strips to make the
cestus.
Fighting events were held at
Roman amphitheatres.
Records of
boxing activity...
- to
those of the very
lowest gladiator class. The
cestus was a fist-fighter or
boxer who wore the
cestus, a
cross between a
boxing glove and a heavy-duty...
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Achatinella cestus is a
species of air-breathing land snail, a
terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the
family Achatinellidae. This
species is endemic...
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matches and practices.
Unlike "fist-load weapons" (such as the
ancient cestus)
which were
designed as a
lethal weapon,
modern boxing gloves are non-lethal...
- who
fought from
chariots or carts, or from horseback. At an
unknown date,
cestus fighters were
introduced to
Roman arenas,
probably from Greece,
armed with...
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novels such as
Matthew Stover's
Shatterpoint (2003),
Steven Barnes' The
Cestus Deception (2004), Sean Stewart's Yoda: Dark
Rendezvous (2004), and Luceno's...
