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- Aphrodite Boxing gloves used by ancient Gr****s and Romans, also written Caestus A girdle or belt worn by women in ancient Greece A marriage girdle, given...
- depictions show the cestus worn in pairs. Latin Caestus or cestus translates as "striker". Its plural is caestus. More rarely, plural cesti is used; this translates...
- Vasum caestus, common name the helmet vase, is a species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae. This marine...
- were the gloves used: instead of the oxys, the Romans used the so-called caestus, gloves made with metal knuckles, that required sheepskin reinforcement...
- Entelus responds to the challenge of the boxer Dares by throwing his caestus (boxing glove, or gauntlet) into the boxing ring. To "throw down the gauntlet"...
- Combative Sport. Retrieved 23 November 2015. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Caestus" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. Alberge...
- University Press. Retrieved 14 July 2017. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Caestus" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. "Horse...
- (Indian) Br**** knuckles, knuckle dusters (European) Cestus, bladed cestus, caestus, myrmex, sfere (Mediterranean) Deer Horn Knives (Chinese) Emeici (Chinese)...
- with copper, and further copper inlays on the right shoulder, forearm, caestus and thigh represented drops and trickles of blood. The fingers and toes...
- Library. ISBN 978-0-450-02327-9. McInnes, Peter (1995). Freddie My Friend. Caestus. ISBN 978-0-9525301-0-7. Milkins, Neil (2011). Who Was Jack the Stripper...