LŎCŬPLĒTES or ASSĬDŬI, the name of the Roman citizens included in the five classes of the Servian constitution, and opposed to the Proletarii.
LŌDIX, a small shaggy blanket. It was also used as a carpet.
LOGISTAE. [[Euthyne].]
Lorica, as worn by a Greek Warrior.
(From a Vase.)
Lorica, as worn by a Roman Emperor.
(Statue of Caligula in Louvre.)
LŌRĪCA (θώραξ), a cuirass. The cuirass was worn by the heavy-armed infantry both among the Greeks and Romans. The soldiers commonly wore cuirasses made of flexible bands of steel, or cuirasses of chain mail; but those of generals and officers usually consisted of two γύαλα, the breast-piece and back-piece, made of bronze, iron, &c., which were joined by means of buckles (περόναι). The epithets λεπιδωτός and φολιδωτός are applied to a cuirass; the former on account of its resemblance to the scales of fish (λεπίσιν), the latter to the scales of serpents (φολίσιν). Among the Asiatic nations the cuirass was frequently made of cotton, and among the Sarmatians and other northern nations of horn.
Lorica. λεπιδωτός.
Lorica. φολιδωτός.