1. The term caries is employed to indicate any diseased process associated with Crumbling away of the trabecular framework of a bone. Several of the loculi, it will be perceived, are built of masonry, in consequence of the Crumbling nature of the soil.

2. T he terms "Cingulum" and the "balteus" are often confused and/or used inter-changeably For us, we will use the term "balteus." The balteus is the traditional Roman soldier's military belt.The term "balteus" can also refer to the baldric-style belt used to carry a gladius, pugio, loculus, etc.