A dictionary of Greek and Roman . The Athenians likewise bestowed golden crownsfor naval services ; sometimes upon the person whogot his trireme first equipped, and at others uponthe captain who had his vessel in the best order.(Dem. De Coron. Praef. Nav. pp. 278, 279. ) IV. Corona Muralis. The first man whoscaled the wall of a besieged city was presentedby his commander with a mural crown. (Aul. 6. 4 ; Liv. xxvi. 48.) It was made of gold, anddecorated with turrets (muri pinnis, Aul. Gell. I. a),as represented in the next woodcut ( Antiq. Triumph,
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . The Athenians likewise bestowed golden crownsfor naval services ; sometimes upon the person whogot his trireme first equipped, and at others uponthe captain who had his vessel in the best order.(Dem. De Coron. Praef. Nav. pp. 278, 279. ) IV. Corona Muralis. The first man whoscaled the wall of a besieged city was presentedby his commander with a mural crown. (Aul. 6. 4 ; Liv. xxvi. 48.) It was made of gold, anddecorated with turrets (muri pinnis, Aul. Gell. I. a),as represented in the next woodcut ( Antiq. Triumph, p. 265) ; and being one of thehighest orders of military decorations, was notawarded to a claimant until after a strict investi-gation. (Liv. I. c. ; compare Suet. Aug. 25.). Cybele is always represented with this crownupon her head (Lucret. ii. 607, 610 ; Ovid. 219 ; compare Virg. Aen. x. 253, vi. 786) ;but in the woodcut annexed (Caylus, RecueildAntiq. vol. v. pi. 3) the form of the crown isvery remarkable, for it includes the whole tower aswell as the turrets, thus affording a curious specimenof the ancient style of fortification.
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