Lexicographical Neighbors of Perones
Literary usage of Perones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig (1797)
"... perones, a fort of high (hoes which were worn mingled with the Canaanites.
... Virgil mentions the perones as worn by a company of ..."
2. Romæ Antiquæ Notitia: Or, The Antiquities of Rome. In Two Parts. To which by Basil Kennett (1820)
"The perones were a kind of high shoes, rudely formed of raw hides, and reaching
up to the middle of the leg ; they were not only used by the country people, ..."
3. A manual of Roman antiquities by Thomas Swinburne Carr (1836)
"The perones were shoes of unwrought leather (ex carlo crudo). The letter C is
considered by some as indicative of the ancient number of the Senate—10O, ..."
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