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Illustration of Roman crowns from the book "History of Costumes of Peoples Throughout the Centuries" by Paolo Lorenzini, Nerbini Publishing House, Florence, 1934. The crown of grass was for those who had saved a besieged or endangered army, the oak crown for those who had killed an enemy while saving a Roman, and the golden crown for those who had been the first to set foot on the walls of a besieged city, in an enemy camp, or on an enemy ship.
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Illustration of Roman crowns from the book "History of Costumes of Peoples Throughout the Centuries" by Paolo Lorenzini, Nerbini Publishing House, Florence, 1934.
The crown of grass was for those who had saved a besieged or endangered army, the oak crown for those who had killed an enemy while saving a Roman, and the golden crown for those who had been the first to set foot on the walls of a besieged city, in an enemy camp, or on an enemy ship.
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