Was ist ein Parazonium ?
Im Netz stößt man oft auf diesen Dolch, der von Händlern immer mit dem gleichen Text angepriesen wird:
"The Parazonium served as a Greek warriors weapon of last resort, as well as a general purpose utillity dagger."
Ich bin zwar Anfänger auf diesem Gebiet, habe allerdings noch nie eine Hoplitendarstellung mit Dolch gesehen. Mitunter wird dieser Dolch auch den Römern zugeordnet, aber nicht als Zweitwaffe, wie der Pugio, sondern eher als Gegenstand mit symbolischer Bedeutung.
Wikipedia behauptet:
"A parazonium is a long triangular dagger, wide at the hilt end and coming to a point. In the Roman mythology, it is frequently carried by Virtus, particularly on early representations. It is also sometimes carried by Mars, or Roma, or the Emperor, giving them the aura of courage.
In Roman statuary, the weapon is cradled in the bearer's left arm or on Trajan's column, for example, it is stuck into the left side of the officer's chest band. Existing examples on statuary show that the Parazonium's scabbard shape is a direct copy of the few existing Greek Parazoniums on display at various Greek museums. The weapon's hilt,grip & pommel are NOT copies of the Greek style. The pommel cap is either an eagle's head or a bi-lobed pommel. The details of the hand grip on the statues are no longer clear after 2,000 years. The guard, contrary to some reports are authentic and are a rather theatrical "S" shape with inset detail.
The Roman Parazonium blade tended to be leaf shape and approximately 15"-19" long. The use of the Roman parazonium tended to be somewhat theatrical in the sense that it was a mark of rank and it was used to rally the troops. It appears the the normal procedure was for the officer to exchange his parazonium for a Gladius or a Spatha if he was directly threatened during a battle."
Ich habe weiter recherchiert, und auf einem Forum folgenden Beitrag entdeckt:
"Pardon the following rant, but I have been looking up the Roman officers' dagger, the parazonium on a couple of web search programs and I am fed up with the nonsense that Museum Replicas has spewed forth about it being a Greek warrior's dagger! The word is in Latin, for heaven's sake, the neuter gender, the same as pilum. Do you suppose that they are going to try to tell us that the pilum is Greek too? Now, it has penetrated beyond their catalogue and the catalogues of those dealers selling MRL's products, but also into the general usage and I even saw a Wikipedia entry that says it was a Greek warrior's dagger. Ugh!
When they first came out with it, I sent them an email telling them that the parazonium was NOT a Greek dagger and that, to my knowledge, the Greek hoplites never carried daggers. It did no good and they never even acknowledged it."
Weiß jemand mehr zu diesem Thema?
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). Es gab Dolche in Griechenland, siehe Bild links unten der ist geschätzt 5. Jhr.v.Chr. 
. Aber wie gesagt, pure Spekulation von meiner Seite.