Note 018
See Caesar. Comment. de Bell. Gallic. ii. 4 in tom. i. p. 220, and the Notitia, tom. i. p. 126. The three Fabricae of Soissons were, Scutaria, Balistaria, and Clinabaria. The last supplied the complete armour of the heavy cuirassiers.
The History Of The Decline and Fall Of The Roman EmpireVolume 1Chapter 38