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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">hoplite shields</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>shields</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Argive shields</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>hoplite shield</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>shields, Argive</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>shields, hoplite</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Round shields of ancient Greece, developed in the 8th century BCE, of an evenly convex shape sharply offset at the rim, and having on the back a central armband and a hand grip near the rim. ]]></note></mads>