A craftsman who made several of these objects was celebrated on a holiday in which an old man in animal skins was beaten with sticks and was called the Mamuralia. A group of leaping priests called Salii guarded (10[1])12 of these objects (10[1])copied from one that fell from the sky during the reign of Numa Pompilius. Tarpeia was crushed with these objects (10[1])for (10[2])offering entry into Rome to the Sabines. Book 8 of the Aeneid describes one of these objects whose center depicts the reign of Augustus. (10[1])A (10[1])peaceful city (10[1])and a besieged city are described in an ekphrasis about one of these objects owned by Achilles. It’s not a breastplate, but one of these objects (10[1])called the Aegis was modified after Perseus used a mirrored one of them to slay Medusa. For 10 points, name these handheld defensive objects. ■END■