BABYLO´NICUM
BABYLO´NICUM (usually in plural), a Babylonian
coverlet, placed upon couches (
Lucr. 4.1029;
Fest. p. 298, Müller) and horses (
Dig. 34,
tit. 2, s. 25.3), sometimes used as a garment (
amictus
aureo Babylonico, Publ. Syr. ap. Petron. 55), though Ulpian
(Dig.
l.c.) denies that it should be classed as a
dress (
non puto vestis esse), was much prized
by the Romans for its brilliant colour (Lucr.
l.c.)
and embroidery (
Mart. 8.28,
17).
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