Note 145
The Lombards invented and used the carocium,
a standard planted on a car or wagon, drawn by a team of
oxen, (Ducange, tom. ii. p. 194, 195. Muratori Antiquitat
tom. ii. dis. xxvi. p. 489 - 493.)
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 49