- "
Scuta" is the
plural of the
Latin word "scutum" and
means "shield". It is used for the following:
Scutum (shield), the
Roman shield Scute, a zootomical...
- The
scutum (classical Latin: [ˈskuːt̪ʊ̃]; pl.:
scuta) was a type of
shield used
among Italic peoples in antiquity, most
notably by the army of ancient...
- A
scute (/skjuːt/ ) or
scutum (Latin: scutum; plural:
scuta "shield") is a bony
external plate or
scale overlaid with horn, as on the s**** of a turtle...
- Ahenobarbus, c. 122 BC; the
altar shows two
Roman infantrymen equipped with long
scuta and a
cavalryman with his horse. All are
shown wearing chain mail armour...
-
abundantia in
turribus suis. (Ps 122,7) Ar**** conterit,
confrigit arma et
scuta ****burit igni. (Ps 46,10) Lux orta est iusto, et
restis corde laetitia....
-
squamata specially in the 2nd and 3rd centuries),
heavy colorful shields (
scuta),
heavy javelins (pila), and
later even long
spears and
lighter javelins...
-
Danish bogs. The
heavily armored Roman legionaries carried large shields (
scuta) that
could provide far more protection, but made
swift movement a little...
- citadel, [the Sabines]
killed her,
having been
overwhelmed by weapons, and "
scuta congesta", meaning, "[they]
heaped up
shields [on her]". The
Sabines crushed...
-
describes them as
using black shields and
painting their bodies (nigra
scuta,
tincta corpora), and
attacking at
night as a
shadowy army, much to the...
- furrow, so that
sources variously describe it as one or two
scuta,
making two or
three scuta in total. A
diagnostic character of the
genus Triaeris is the...