Antiquitates Romanae 5.19.3-4

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Author
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Reference
Antiquitates Romanae 5.19.3-4
Quotation
βεβαίαν τε πίστιν ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐλευθερίας τοὺς δημοτικοὺς λαβεῖν βουλόμενος ἀφεῖλεν ἀπὸ τῶν ῥάβδων τοὺς πελέκεις, καὶ κατεστήσατο τοῖς μεθ᾿ ἑαυτὸν ὑπάτοις ἔθος, ὃ καὶ μέχρι τῆς ἐμῆς διέμεινεν ἡλικίας, ὅταν ἔξωθεν τῆς πόλεως γένωνται χρῆσθαι τοῖς πελέκεσιν, ἔνδον δὲ ταῖς ῥάβδοις κοσμεῖσθαι μόναις
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Consuls
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Clothing: Insignia
Medium/a Ornamenting
Fasces/ rods without axes
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Publius Valerius Publicola
Item Identifier
A01338
Determination
Derived directly from text