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Roman Birds

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Eagles; so called because the ensign of the Roman legion was an eagle.

“Romaʹnas aves propria legioʹnum nuʹmina.”—Taeitus.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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