page_title: Clipeus
hierarchical_section_title: Clipeus
caption_attribution_description: Català: Medalló monumental (clipeus) amb la representació de Júpiter-Ammó, que formava part de la decoració arquitectònica del recinte de culte imperial de Tàrraco. MNAT 117
context_page_description: In the military of classical antiquity, a clipeus was a large shield worn by the Greek hoplites and Romans as a piece of defensive armor, which they carried upon the arm, to protect them from the blows of their enemies. It was round in shape and in the middle was a bolt of iron, or of some other metal, with a sharp point. The clipeus was more-or-less identical to the earlier aspis.
context_section_description: In the military of classical antiquity, a clipeus (Ancient Greek: ἀσπίς) was a large shield worn by the Greek hoplites and Romans as a piece of defensive armor, which they carried upon the arm, to protect them from the blows of their enemies. It was round in shape and in the middle was a bolt of iron, or of some other metal, with a sharp point. The clipeus was more-or-less identical to the earlier aspis.
caption: Clipeus of Iupiter-Ammon, conserved at Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona
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