Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The cloak worn by an ancient Roman general commanding an army, his principal officers, and his personal attendants, in contradistinction to the sagum of the common soldier, and the toga or garb of peace.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Rom. Antiq.) A military cloak worn by a general and his principal officers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun historical A
military cloak worn by ageneral and his principalofficers .
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Examples
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Instead of the usual tunic and palla, the conventional dress of women of antiquity, she is shown wearing a purple mantle known as a paludamentum.
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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The consul, wearing his "paludamentum," went out into the vestibule and saw the whole of his house drawn up in order of march.
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He asked for his sword and helmet, and sent for the 'paludamentum', the general's cloak of purple, embroidered with gold, which he never otherwise wore except on the field.
A Thorny Path — Volume 07 Georg Ebers 1867
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He asked for his sword and helmet, and sent for the 'paludamentum', the general's cloak of purple, embroidered with gold, which he never otherwise wore except on the field.
A Thorny Path — Volume 07 Georg Ebers 1867
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He asked for his sword and helmet, and sent for the 'paludamentum', the general's cloak of purple, embroidered with gold, which he never otherwise wore except on the field.
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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He asked for his sword and helmet, and sent for the 'paludamentum', the general's cloak of purple, embroidered with gold, which he never otherwise wore except on the field.
A Thorny Path — Complete Georg Ebers 1867
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He asked for his sword and helmet, and sent for the 'paludamentum', the general's cloak of purple, embroidered with gold, which he never otherwise wore except on the field.
A Thorny Path — Volume 07 Georg Ebers 1867
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On 25 August 450 she and Marcian appeared at the Hebdomon parade ground on the coast outside of Constantinople, and in view of the troops Pulcheria personally bestowed upon her new husband the diadem and the purple military paludamentum, effectively crowning him the new Augustus.
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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The paludamentum, a military style of garment reminiscent of the chlamys that Agrippina Minor once scandalously wore in public, had previously been reserved for the wardrobe of emperors.
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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Indeed it was the coins of Aelia Flaccilla, Eudoxia, and Pulcheria to whom Western die-cutters looked for inspiration, depicting a bejeweled Placidia with a diadem set over her wavy hair, her paludamentum cloak secured by a fibula brooch and the sleeve adorned by the Christian chi-rho monogram.
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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