A dictionary of Greek and Roman . RMULA (Hor. Carm. ii. 7. 10), a round shield, three feet in diameter,carried by the velites in the Roman army. Thoughsmall, compared with the Clipeus, it was sostrongly made as to be a very effectual protection.(Polyb. vi. 20.) This was probably owing to theuse of iron in its frame-work. In the Pyrrhicdance it was raised above the head and struckwith a sword so as to emit a loud ringing noise.(Claud, de VI. Cons. Honor. 628.) The parma wasalso worn by the Equites (Sallust, Frag. ) ; and for the sake of state and fashion it wassometimes ad
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . RMULA (Hor. Carm. ii. 7. 10), a round shield, three feet in diameter,carried by the velites in the Roman army. Thoughsmall, compared with the Clipeus, it was sostrongly made as to be a very effectual protection.(Polyb. vi. 20.) This was probably owing to theuse of iron in its frame-work. In the Pyrrhicdance it was raised above the head and struckwith a sword so as to emit a loud ringing noise.(Claud, de VI. Cons. Honor. 628.) The parma wasalso worn by the Equites (Sallust, Frag. ) ; and for the sake of state and fashion it wassometimes adorned with precious stones. ( 2. 21.) We find the term parma often applied to thetarget [Cetra], which was also a small roundshield, and therefore very similar to the parma.(Propert. iv. 2. 40 ; Mela, i. 5. § 1 ; Virg. 817.) Virgil, in like manner, applies the term to the clipeus of the Palladium, because, the statuebeing small, the shield was small in proportion.{Aen. ii. 175.) The annexed woodcut represents a votive parma,. embossed {a<pvpr\Karov) [Malleus] and gilt, re-presenting on its border, as is supposed, the takingof Rome by the Gauls under Brennus and its re-covery by Camillus. It belonged formerly to theWoodwardian Museum, and is supposed by anti-quaries to have been made in the time of Claudiusor Nero. The boss (umbo) is a grotesque face,surrounded with rams horns, foliage, and a twistedbeard. (Dodwell, de Parma Woodivardia?ia, ) Compare Bernd, Das Wappenwesen derGriechen und Romer, Bonn, 1841. [J. Y.] PAROCHI, were certain people who werepaid by the state to supply the Roman magistrates,ambassadors, and other official persons, when theywere travelling, with those necessaries which theycould not conveniently carry with them. Theyexisted on all the principal stations on the Romanroads in Italy and the provinces, where personswere accustomed to pass the night. But as manymagistrates frequently made extortionate demandsfrom the parochi,
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