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lethal injuries.
Cestus fighters seem to have had no form of body armour,
apart from the
cestus itself.
Contemporary depictions show the
cestus worn in pairs...
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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...
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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...
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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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Achatinella cestus is a
species of air-breathing land snail, a
terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the
family Achatinellidae. This
species is endemic...
- the horizon.[citation needed] The name of the
phenomenon alludes to the
cestus, a
girdle or breast-band, of the
Ancient Gr****
goddess Aphrodite, customarily...
- 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...
- canon,
including the Gorn species, the
Metron species, and the
planet Cestus III.
Cestus III is
mentioned later as the home
planet of Star Trek: Deep Space...
-
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...
- 'strap, thong'; κεστός, kestós: 'girdle, belt'; Latin:
cingulum Veneri,
cestus Veneris),
variously interpreted as girdle, belt, breast-band, and otherwise...
