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She explains that Etruscans too must have done rites in capite velato and that this shouldn't be assumed a priori to be from Roman dominance.
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Paleoglot: Pondering on the phrase 'capite velato'
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To paraphrase, she says that the act of capite velato can't be viewed as a strict ethnic marker and that it extends beyond just Roman culture.
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She explains that Etruscans too must have done rites in capite velato and that this shouldn't be assumed a priori to be from Roman dominance.
Archive 2010-09-01 2010
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In Latin, there's a phrase capite velato meaning literally 'with covered head'.
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In Latin, there's a phrase capite velato meaning literally 'with covered head'.
Archive 2010-09-01 2010
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To paraphrase, she says that the act of capite velato can't be viewed as a strict ethnic marker and that it extends beyond just Roman culture.
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The celebrant -- magistrate or priest -- next approached dressed in the _toga_, girt about him in a peculiar manner (_cinctus Gabinus_), and carried up at the back so as to form a hood (_velato capite_): the herald proclaimed silence, and the flute-player began to play his instrument.
The Religion of Ancient Rome Cyril Bailey 1914
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_ Varro, _L. L._ v. 84, "quod in L.tio capite velato erant semper, ac caput cinctum habebant _filo_."
The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884
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Cp.Cic. _de Nat. deorum_, ii. 10, "at vero apud maiores tanta religionis vis fuit, ut quidam imperatores etiam se ipsos dis immortalibus capite velato certis verbis pro republica devoverent."
The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884
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