republican parazoniumThis parazonium is based on an original depicted on a relief of a Roman general from the 1st century BC 1st century AD. Alongside the parazonium, the general carries a musculata with a subarmalis underneath. The parazonium is strongly associated with the Roman Empire but has older roots with the Scythians, who carried it as a symbol of authority. The Persians adopted the acinaces dagger tradition from these nomads, after which the Greeks adopted the