Walking stick.It is a kind of stick made of wood (although also of other materials) that is carried in the hand to lean on it and maintain balance. It can also be used as a simple ornament, command insignia or dignity sign . In this case, they can be made of ivory , silver , gold , etc. This is the case with the controls, especially in the military field. The best-known models usually have a curved or horizontal cuff and the piece that rests on the ground , called a tip, made of rubber or other material.
Summary
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- 1 History
- 1 Ancient Greece
- 2 Ancient Rome
- 2 Use as a weapon
- 3 Sources
History
Walking stick
Among the Babylonians, no one left the house without carrying a cane in his hand, very well worked, at the end of which had been a grenade, a rose, or another symbolic object with which the quality of the person who carried him was distinguished. In Sacred Scripture we also have examples of the same and Homer , without speaking of crowns or diadems, does not forget the scepter or staff of distinction.
In Egypt a feast called sticks or sticks was held on the autumn equinox. It was a kind of combat with poles and sticks. When a people or a sovereign chose an officer to represent him in command of the armies, in an embassy or in the administration of justice, this appointment was made by the delivery of a ring or ring or a cane that was the hallmark of his dignity. The main Roman magistrates carried these canes: that of the consul was made of ivory, and that of the praetor was of gold.
French monarchs previously carried the scepter in one hand and the staff in the other. The staff, about eight feet high, was covered in gold foil, which was replaced with the hand of justice at the beginning of the 4th century.
Ancient Greece
The Lacedaemonians gave the name of skytale to the staff carried by their generals: that of the ambassadors was called a caduceus. The skytale among the Greeks also served the chief of the army to decipher the orders of his republic. It was a kind of figure or key that the ephors or magistrates of the republic gave to the general they sent to an expedition, keeping another like it, by means of which they gave each other warnings, without anyone but them being able to understand them.
The singers who ran Greece repeating Homer’s poems were called rapsodi because they carried a red staff singing the Iliad and one in yellow when they sang the Odyssey .
Greek and Roman philosophers, particularly Cynics, carried a gnarled staff and saddlebags, these two things being the hallmarks of their sect.
Ancient Rome
In Roman times, the cane was a certain insignia that emperors gave to old gladiators who had often been victors in circus fighting. Other canes in Rome were:
- Augural Staff or Lituus. Staff in the shape of a staff, distinctive of the augurs, who used it to divide the regions of the sky when they began to observe.
- Pastoral staff. Long, gnarled staff, also in the shape of a staff, with which fauns and other deities of the forests were represented.
When a Roman general returned triumphantly from an expedition, he brought the cane adorned with laurel leaves
Use as a weapon
As a weapon we can mention the Battle Staff, or the Japanese Jo.
It is a kind of stick made of wood (although also of other materials) that is carried in the hand to lean on it and maintain balance. It can also be used as a simple ornament, command insignia or dignity sign . In this case, they can be made of ivory , silver , gold , etc. This is the case with the controls, especially in the military field. The best-known models usually have a curved or horizontal cuff and the piece that rests on the ground , called a tip, made of rubber or other material.
Summary
[ hide ]
- 1 History
- 1 Ancient Greece
- 2 Ancient Rome
- 2 Use as a weapon
- 3 Sources
History
Walking stick
Among the Babylonians, no one left the house without carrying a cane in his hand, very well worked, at the end of which had been a grenade, a rose, or another symbolic object with which the quality of the person who carried him was distinguished. In Sacred Scripture we also have examples of the same and Homer , without speaking of crowns or diadems, does not forget the scepter or staff of distinction.
In Egypt a feast called sticks or sticks was held on the autumn equinox. It was a kind of combat with poles and sticks. When a people or a sovereign chose an officer to represent him in command of the armies, in an embassy or in the administration of justice, this appointment was made by the delivery of a ring or ring or a cane that was the hallmark of his dignity. The main Roman magistrates carried these canes: that of the consul was made of ivory, and that of the praetor was of gold.
French monarchs previously carried the scepter in one hand and the staff in the other. The staff, about eight feet high, was covered in gold foil, which was replaced with the hand of justice at the beginning of the 4th century.
Ancient Greece
The Lacedaemonians gave the name of skytale to the staff carried by their generals: that of the ambassadors was called a caduceus. The skytale among the Greeks also served the chief of the army to decipher the orders of his republic. It was a kind of figure or key that the ephors or magistrates of the republic gave to the general they sent to an expedition, keeping another like it, by means of which they gave each other warnings, without anyone but them being able to understand them.
The singers who ran Greece repeating Homer’s poems were called rapsodi because they carried a red staff singing the Iliad and one in yellow when they sang the Odyssey .
Greek and Roman philosophers, particularly Cynics, carried a gnarled staff and saddlebags, these two things being the hallmarks of their sect.
Ancient Rome
In Roman times, the cane was a certain insignia that emperors gave to old gladiators who had often been victors in circus fighting. Other canes in Rome were:
- Augural Staff or Lituus. Staff in the shape of a staff, distinctive of the augurs, who used it to divide the regions of the sky when they began to observe.
- Pastoral staff. Long, gnarled staff, also in the shape of a staff, with which fauns and other deities of the forests were represented.
When a Roman general returned triumphantly from an expedition, he brought the cane adorned with laurel leaves
Use as a weapon
As a weapon we can mention the Battle Staff, or the Japanese Jo.
