Note 783 — BOOK XXXIII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF METALS.647
John Bostock translation
Isidorus Hispalensis, Orig. B. xix. c. 30, says that bracelets were formerly so called from the circumstance of being conferred on warriors as the reward of bravery—“ob virtutem.” Scævola, Ulpian, and others speak of “viriolæ” as ornaments worn by females.