Sica
A knife or dagger shaped like the tusk of a wild boar (Pliny ,
Pliny H. N. xviii. 1). It was
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Sica. (Column of Antoninus.)
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the national weapon of the Thracians (Val. Max. iii. 2, 12), and was used by the
gladiators known as
Thraeces (
Calig. 32). In Rome it was carried
by the lower classes, criminals, ruffians, and bullies, and was regarded as fit for such
persons only (
Cat. ii. 10;
Quint. Decl.
321).