Note 343 — Part 5.
Reading edition
Blümner, i. p. 209. “The Plumarii were a class of persons mentioned by Vitruvius, and found likewise in inscriptions. It cannot be decided with certainty what was their occupation; their name would lead us to suppose that it has something to do with feathers.”—Becker’s “Gallus,” ii. p. 288. But see Marquardt, “Handbuch d. Röm. Altert.” vii. pt. 2, p. 523.