Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A military cloak worn by ancient Roman soldiers and inferior officers, in contradistinction to the paludamentum of the superior officers. It was the garb of war, as the toga was the garb of peace.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Rom. Antiq.) The military cloak of the Roman soldiers.
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- noun historical A
cloak , worn inancient times by theGauls , earlyGermans , andRoman soldiers , made of arectangular piece of (usuallyred )coarse cloth andfastened on the right shoulder.
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Examples
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Applico me illi proximius et spisse deosculata sagum peto.
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The Gauls in their pride stripped themselves of the sagum; they showed their great white bodies from a distance, and they enlarged their wounds to terrify the enemy.
Salammbo 2003
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A proclamation was issued to the effect that it was no longer necessary for Roman citizens to wear the sagum.
The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991
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"Come in, come in!" said Gaius Julius Caesar, welcoming his guest in person at the door, and holding out his own finely made hands to receive the awful sagum.
The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990
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They turned to walk back into the house, where Caesar sent a sleepy servant to fetch the old sagum for its owner.
The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990
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However, he had thrown his old campaigning sagum over his finery — a thick, greasy, malodorous cape which could keep out the perishing winds of the alpine passes or the soaking days-long downpours of Epirus.
The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990
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The clothing common to all is a sagum [101] fastened by a clasp, or, in want of that, a thorn.
The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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Mela (iii. 3), speaking of the Germans, says, "The men are clothed only with the sagum, or the bark of trees, even in the depth of winter."
The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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In his order of battle, he placed their cavalry on the right wing, and in the centre their infantry, whom he united to the Spanish infantry, and whom he commanded in person: the Gaulish foot, as was their custom on all occasions when they were determined to conquer or die, threw off their tunic and sagum, and fought naked from their waist upwards, armed with their long and pointless sabres.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 Various
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By a German council of 742, priests and deacons are bidden to wear habitually not the sagum, or short military cloak, but the casula (chasuble), which even then had not become an exclusively liturgical dress.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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