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MISSUS

Volume 12 · 59 words · 1797 Edition

in the Circenian games, were the matches in horse or chariot races. The usual number of matches in one day was 24; though the emperor Domitian presented the people with 100. The last match was generally made at the expense of the people, who made a collection for the purpose; hence it was called missus aerarius, a subscription plate.