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- forms are known as imago clipeata or "clipeus portraits", a term usually restricted to Roman art. The clipeus was used by Romans during the Roman Kingdom...
- former, the soldiers carried a round shield, which the Romans called a clipeus. In the latter, they used the scutum, which was larger. Originally, it...
- ancestors, famous people or deceased shown as on a round shield (in Latin: clipeus). For other periods similar forms are called medallions. In the Roman world...
- attic of the porticos ran a decoration of female figures (caryatids) and clipeus. This forum has incredible architecture for the time. In conjunction with...
- Justice was one of the virtues celebrated by emperor Augustus in his clipeus virtutis, and a temple of Justitia was established in Rome by emperor Tiberius...
- Bust of Helios in a clipeus, detail from a strigillated lenos sarcophagus, white marble, early 3rd century CE, Tomb D in Via Belluzzo, Rome....
- possession of Klis, Omiš and Skradin. He is also known as Shield of the Croats (Clipeus Croatorum), according to the Latin epitaph in verse on his grave in Trogir...
- discovered in 1830 near Bomarzo in Lazio, central Italy. Ancient Gr**** warfare Clipeus – a similar shield used by the Romans Peltast – a light infantryman using...
- Lapidary Gallery of the Vatican Museums: it mentions the dedication of a clipeus by her brother. CIL XIV, 2413 = ILS 4942 presently no longer reperible[clarification...
- infantry crossing a river. They can be distinguished by the oval shield (clipeus) they were equipped with, in contrast to the rectangular scutum carried...