Chapter CXXVIII: Book XVIII: On War and Amusements

ANALYSIS

I. War[362] (chs. 1–14).
1. Kinds of war (ch. 1).
2. Triumphs (ch. 2).
3. Standards (ch. 3).
4. Trumpets (ch 4).
5. Armor (chs. 5–14).
a. Swords (ch. 6).
b. Spears (ch. 7).
c. Arrows (ch. 8).
d. Quivers (ch. 9).
e. Slings (ch. 10).
f. The battering ram (ch. 11).
g. Shields (ch. 12).
h. Coats of mail (ch. 13).
i. Helmets (ch. 14).
II. The law-court (_de foro_) (ch. 15).
III. Spectacles[363] (chs. 16–59).
1. Gymnastic contests (chs. 17–26).
2. The circus (chs. 27–41).
3. The theatre (chs. 42–51).
4. The amphitheatre (chs. 52–58).
5. Condemnation of spectacles (ch. 59).
IV. Gambling (chs. 60–68).
V. Ball-playing (ch. 69).

[362] The information on military matters contained here and in
bk. ix was drawn ultimately from the succession of Roman writers
on military science. The chief of these were Frontinus, Hyginus,
Vegetius.

[363] The title, _De Spectaculis_, and much of the material
are drawn from Tertullian’s _De Spectaculis_. See M. Klussman,
_Excerpta Tertullianea in Isidori Hispalensis Etymologiis_
(Hamburg, 1892).

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