paganica = golf?

[richsc]

Another interesting tidbit from David Meadow's Explorator:<br>
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"..a primitive ancestor of golf is thought to have evolved far away in ancient Rome, where a game called paganica used a bent stick to drive a soft, feather-stuffed ball at a target."<br>
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I've never heard of paganica, though it sounds more like field hockey. What sort of references are there for this thing?<br>
<p>Richard Campbell, Legio XX<br>
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