Follis (ball)
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Follis (a term used in Ancient Rome), or Ball of wind (pilota de vent in Catalan), a term used in the 15th and 16th centuries in Spain and Italy,[1] was a hollow ball inflated with air under pressure, able to jump and bounce when impacting at a certain speed with any solid body.[2] Different types of balls of wind were commonly used to play a variety of ball games that were popular in that particular period of time.[3][4]
Today, although many of the existing balls are inflated with air, the modern name is simplified to "ball" regardless of the system.