AMAZONIAN Habit, in Antiquity, denotes a dress formed in imitation of the Amazons. Marcia the famous concubine of the emperor Commodus, had the appellation of Amazonian, because she charmed him most in a habit of this kind. Hence also that prince himself engaged in combat in the amphitheatre in an Amazonian habit; and of all titles the Amazonius was
one of those he most delighted in. In honour either of the gallant or his mistrels, the month December was also denominated Amazonius. Some also apply Amazonian habit to the hunting-dress worn by many ladies among us.