At the top corners were two plain bronze rings used to suspend the bag while it is carried on the shoulder pole or furca.
12.
The'furca and fossa', or the'pit and gallows', refers to the high justice including the capital penalty.
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This two-tine fork ( from the Latin " furca, " meaning two-pronged instrument ) was good only for spearing items.
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Here it can be seen that a legionary's sarcina was carried on a pole called a " furca " and would have included:
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The etymology of his name may be derived from the Latin word " furca ", meaning fork, or from Greco-Roman also meaning a sepulchre ( tomb ).
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The furca was a device for hanging slaves in ancient Rome and refers to the gallows for hanging men; the fossa was a ditch filled with water for the drowning of women.
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The eastern Phoenician crucifixion had merged with the Roman custom of the rite of " patibullum " which was to make charging inmates a wooden yoke ( furca, patibulum ) to the place of execution.
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Within a pack tied at the end of the furca, the soldier would most likely carry his sagum, a cloak that acted as a blanket, a kettle or pot, replacement straps, shaving items, and rations.
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A tentative additional species, " " F . mauretanica " " from the Floian stage Upper Fezouata formation of Morocco, was proposed in a doctoral thesis in 2006 and subsequently referred to as " probably belonging to the genus " Furca " ".
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Organisms that derive their nutrition in this manner include " Oxyrrhis marina ", which feeds phagocytically on phytoplankton, " Polykrikos kofoidii ", which feeds on several species of red-tide and / or toxic dinoflagellates, " Ceratium furca ", which is primarily photosynthetic but also capable of ingesting other protists such as ciliates, " Cochlodinium polykrikoides ", which feeds on phytoplankton, " Gambierdiscus toxicus ", which feeds on algae and produces a toxin that causes ciguatera fish poisoning when ingested, and " Pfiesteria " and related species such as " Luciella masanensis ", which feed on diverse prey including fish skin and human blood cells.
