 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Rome - 1828 - 360 pages
...tunic or waistcoat, with an oblong broad stripe of purple, like a riband, sewed to it on the fore part, and black buskins reaching to the middle of the leg,...with the letter C in silver on the top of the foot. They were also distinguished by the privilege of occupying a particular place called orchestra, at... | |
 | Charles Knapp Dillaway - Mythology, Classical - 1831 - 192 pages
...he pretended always to act by the authority of the Senate, he artfully drew everything to himself. The Senators were distinguished by an oblong stripe...with the letter C in silver on the top of the foot. The chief privilege of the Senators was their having a particular place at the public spectacles, called... | |
 | Classical dictionaries - 1833 - 728 pages
...on the forepart. It was broad, to distinguish it from that of the equites, who wore a narrow one. 2. Black buskins reaching to the middle of the leg, with the letter C in silver on the top of the foot. 3. A particular place at the public spectacles, called orchestr» (a name sometimes applied to the... | |
 | Francis Alexander Durivage - Chronology, Historical - 1835 - 792 pages
...revenue, no one could sit in the senate who had exercised a low trade, or whose father had been a slave. The senators were distinguished by an oblong stripe...reaching to the middle of the leg, with the letter С in saver on the top of the foot. The chief privilege of the senators was their having a particular... | |
 | Alexander Adam - 1835 - 570 pages
...the fore part. It was broad, to distinguish it from that of the équités, who wore a narrow one. 2. Black buskins reaching to the middle of the leg, with the letter С in silver on the top of the foot,4 Hence calceos mutare, to become a senator.5 3. A particular place... | |
 | Alexander Adam - Rome - 1836 - 476 pages
...the fore part. It was broad, to distinguish it from that of the equites, who wore a narrow one. 2. Black buskins reaching to the middle of the leg, with the letter C in silver on the top of the foot.10 Hence calceos mutare, to become a senator.11 3. A particular place at the public spectacles,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - History, Ancient - 1838 - 218 pages
...members, &c. has been already given ; a few more remarks will be made upon their dress and privileges. The senators were distinguished by an oblong stripe of purple sewed on the front of the senatorial gown ; and by black buskins reaching to the middle of the leg, with the letter... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - History, Ancient - 1839 - 220 pages
...members, &c. has been already given ; a few more remarks will be made upon their dress and privileges. The senators were distinguished by an oblong stripe of purple sewed on the front of the senatorial gown ; and by black buskins reaching to the middle of the log, with the letter... | |
 | Alexander Adam - Rome - 1839 - 666 pages
...the fore part. It was broad, to distinguish it from that of the équités, who wore a narrow one. 2. Black buskins reaching to the middle of the leg, with the letter С in silver on the top of the foot.4 Hence calceos mtitare, to become a senator.4 3. A particular... | |
 | Francis Alexander Durivage - Chronology, Historical - 1841 - 794 pages
...been a slave. The senators were distinguished bv an oblong stripe of purple, sewed on the forepait of their senatorial gown ; and black buskins reaching to the middle of ihe leg, with the letter С in silver on the top of tile foot. The chief privilege of the senators... | |
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Black buskins reaching to the middle of the leg, with the letter C in silver on the top of the foot.10 Hence calceos mutare, to become a senator.11 3. 
