Cestus

{{Short description|Ancient girdle, band or tie}}

{{About|the ancient Greek and Roman band, girdle or tie|the manga series|Cestvs: The Roman Fighter}}

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Cestus ({{langx|grc|Κεστός|Kestos}}), plural: cesti, in a general sense meant, for ancient Greeks and Romans, any band or tie.[https://archive.org/details/adictionaryroma01richgoog/page/n152/mode/2up A dictionary of Roman and Greek antiquities with nearly 2000 engravings on wood from ancient originals illustrative of the industrial arts and social life of the Greeks and Romans, pp. 148-149]

However, it was more frequently used to refer to:

• The Girdle of Aphrodite
• Boxing gloves used by ancient Greeks and Romans, also written Caestus
• A girdle or belt worn by women in ancient Greece
• A marriage girdle, given by a newly married wife to her husband[https://books.google.com/books?id=9e8rAAAAYAAJ A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, pp. 234-235]