ARGENTATI MILITES, in Antiquity. Livy, lib. vi. speaks of argentati milites, as distinguished from aurati. Aquinas supposes these to have been similar to the argyrapides and chrysapides; but the descriptions do not quadruple. Livy only represents the argentati as clothed in white linen coats.
ARGENTATI MILITES
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