Abstract

A new interpretation of glandes inscriptae with the formular fugitivi peristis and servi peristis is given in this contribution. It can be shown that Klaus Zangemeisters general verdict from the 1880s - that all slingshot bullets inscribed servi peristis are modern fakes - is untenable: a hitherto unpublished ancient lead bullet with this formular is presented here. Undoubtedly glandes inscribed servi peristis and fugitivi peristis were used by soldiers of the Senatorial armies as deadly weapons in the slave wars against Spartacus.