Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Alauda

A Roman legion raised by Julius Cæsar in Gaul, and so called because they carried a lark's tuft on the top of their helmets.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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