concept
the gold ring
gold rings
also: anulus aureus
The gold finger-ring worn as the badge of a Roman of equestrian (knightly) rank; Mago poured out heaps of them stripped from the Roman dead at Cannae to measure the slaughter.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 23 §12 the golden rings
The gold finger-ring worn as the badge of a Roman of equestrian (knightly) rank; Mago poured out heaps of them stripped from the Roman dead at Cannae to measure the slaughter.