place
Parmenses
the people of Parma
also: Parmensium, Parmenses, the Parmenses
The inhabitants of the colony of Parma in Cisalpine Gaul, sacked with great cruelty by Lucius Antonius in 43 BC. Cicero recounts the atrocity against their children and wives in Phil. 14.8-9.
Reading notes
- Philippica XIV §8 the calamity of the people of Parma
Parma, a loyal colony in Cisalpine Gaul, was sacked with notorious cruelty by Lucius Antonius in 43 BC. Cicero uses the atrocity as proof that the Antonii are enemies of the colonies and towns of Italy.