ARGENTATIMILITES, in antiquity. Livy, lib. vi. speaks of argentati milites, as distinguished from aurati. Aquinas supposes these to have been similar to the argyralpides and chrysaspides; but the descriptions do not quadruple. Livy only represents the argentati as clothed in white linen coats.
ARGENTATIMILITES
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