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Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Clibanarii

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

CLIBANA'RII. The name used to designate those of the Persian cavalry, whose horses, as well as the troopers, were covered with an entire suit of defensive armour (Ammian. xvi. 10. 8. ib. 12. 22. Lamprid. Alex. Sev. 56.); compare CATAPHRACTUS, 1. and illustration.

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