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    In Republican and Imperial Rome, the paludamentum (pl. paludamenta) was a cloak or cape fastened at one shoulder, worn by military commanders (e.g., the...
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    carried by legionaries as a part of their sarcina (marching pack) The paludamentum, a cloak or cape fastened at one shoulder, worn by military commanders...
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    Eudoxia the official title of Augusta. She is able to wear the purple paludamentum and is depicted in Roman currency. Anthemius, praetorian prefect of the...
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    According to Eve MacDonald, the bust features a cloak of a Roman commander (paludamentum). According to Australian historian Dexter Hoyos, there are "strong suspicions"...
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    by various magistrates and officials; the rings worn by senators; the paludamentum, a cloak associated with military command; and the phalera, a disc of...
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    warriors with an embroidered tunic, a breastplate, a short red cloak (paludamentum), a sword, and a spiked headdress called an apex. They were charged with...
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    field by his elaborate helmet and body armour, as well as a scarlet paludamentum (cloak) and cincticulus (a waist-band tied around the waist in a bow)...
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  • paludamentum," the distinctive attire of the Roman military commander. Varro and Festus say that any military ornament could be called a paludamentum...
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    trousers and hats like the pileus pannonicus. At the Late Empire the paludamentum (a type of military clothing) was used only by the Emperor of Rome (since...
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    preserved, and a paludamentum. To the left, two rows of fringed leather straps hang below the breastplate to protect the shoulder. The paludamentum is folded...
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