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ancile
In ancient Rome, the ''ancilia'' (Latin, singular ''ancile'') were twelve sacred shields kept in the Temple of Mars. According to legend, one divine shield fell from heaven during the reign of Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome. He ordered eleven copies made to confuse would-be thieves, since the original shield was regarded as one of the ''pignora imperii'', sacred guarantors that perpetuated Rome as a sovereign entity.
The ''ancilia'' were in the keeping of the Salii, a body of twelve priests instituted for that purpose by Numa.〔Livy, ''Ab urbe condita'', 1:20〕 The Salii wielded them ritually in a procession on throughout March.
==Etymology==
Ancient sources give varying etymologies for the word ''ancile''. Some derive it from the Greek ''ankylos'' (ἀγκύλος), "crooked". Plutarch thinks the word may be derived from the Greek ''ankōn'' (ἀγκών), "elbow", the weapon being carried on the elbow. Varro derives it ''ab ancisu'', as being cut or arched on the two sides, like the bucklers of the Thracians called peltae.
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