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Perimeridia

（περιμηρίδια) and Parameridia (παραμηρίδια). Armour for covering the thighs. They were made of metal and resembled the ocreae or greaves. See Ocreae.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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