One of these objects featured contrasting images of a city at peace and a city at war, surrounded by thestream of the Ocean.
One of these objects featured contrasting images of a city at peace and a city at war, surrounded by thestream of the Ocean. The "leaping priests," or the Salii, were put in charge of twelve of theseobjects--eleven fake, one real--after one of them fell from the sky during the reign of Numa Pompilius. TheSabines crushed Tarpeia to death with these objects. Seven ox-hides were used to create one belonging toAjax. The one belonging to Aeneas depicts several scenes from Rome's history. A more famous one wasmade of goatskin and was used to kill Polydectes. That one, upon which Medusa's head was mounted, waslent by Athena to Perseus. For 10 points, name these kinds of protective objects in Greek mythology,including the Aegis.
One of these objects featured contrasting images of a city at peace and a city at war, surrounded by thestream of the Ocean.
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