Usually means: Belt worn by Roman soldiers.
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  1. balteus: Merriam-Webster
  2. balteus: Wordnik
  3. balteus: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. balteus: Dictionary.com
  5. Balteus (sword belt), Balteus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. balteus: Merriam-Webster
  7. balteus: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (balteus)

noun:  (biblical) The girdle of a biblical Jewish priest.
noun:  (Ancient Rome) A swordbelt worn by Roman legionaries.
noun:  (architecture) An Ionic ornamental band encircling the pulvinus, or bolster of the capital.
noun:  (Roman Catholicism) The subcinctorium, a papal garment.

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