chrysoaspides

chrysoaspides: um m. (греч.)

вооружённые золотыми щитами (отборные пешие отряды при Александре Севере) Lampr

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CHRYSOASPIDES et Argyraspides — dicti sunt milites, als armis aurô vel argentô obductis, quo maior pompa ac apparatus elset. Vide Iustin. l. 12. c. 7. Ael. Lamprid. in Severo, c. 30. etc. P. Orosius, l. 3. c. 23. Ultimô consiliô, inquit, Argyraspidas, ob arma deargentata sic… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Argyraspides — The Argyraspides (in el. polytonic|Ἀργυράσπιδες), in English Silvershields, were a division of the Macedonian army of Alexander the Great, who were so called because they carried shields covered with silver plates. They were picked men, and were… … Wikipedia

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