Spolium

The term Spolium ( Latin , prey, robbery , originally stripped fur ), Germanized also Spolie , plural Spolien , is used in a variety of ways and in a figurative sense:

• For armor captured in combat or knightly badges such as shield, helmet, etc. B. funerals were carried along. The spolia opima ( lat. , Rich booty ) was the armor of the general that a Roman commander captured from the defeated military leader.
• In canon law , this is how lands left behind by clergy and taken over by sovereigns, bishops, laypeople, or even the Pope , instead of leaving them to the purpose of the church. A spoliant is someone who has been sued for illegal possession. (see spoil lawsuit )
• In architecture and archeology , Spolie is the term used for fragments of older buildings that were reused in a newer building, e.g. B. Columns and sculptures from an ancient temple built into a medieval church .

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.