| 41. | The word " " scutum " " survived the Roman Empire and entered the military vocabulary of the Byzantine Empire.
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| 42. | On his right arm, he wore a " scutum " ( a curved rectangular shield ) to protect himself.
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| 43. | The standard Crupellarius is clad almost entirely from head to foot in Lorica segmentata, as well as similar Scutum and Gladius.
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| 44. | It lies in the direction of the galactic centre and is thought to be part of the Scutum-Crux spiral arm.
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| 45. | Although none of its stars is particularly bright, Scutum is a wonderful little constellation to explore with binoculars or a small telescope.
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| 46. | Gradually the " scutum " evolved into the rectangular ( or sub-rectangular ) type of the early Roman Empire.
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| 47. | Where scutum and tergum are separable, they are equal in size, and colored deep violet, with tergum darker than scutum.
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| 48. | Where scutum and tergum are separable, they are equal in size, and colored deep violet, with tergum darker than scutum.
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| 49. | :You seem to be asking about shields ( per your heading and the word " scutum " ) and not swords?
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| 50. | The shape of the " scutum " allowed packed formations of legionaries to overlap their shields to provide an effective barrier against missiles.
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