A dictionary of Greek and Roman . ful of grassfrom the meadow where the struggle took place,and gave it to his opponent as a token of victory. CORONA. 359(Aul. Gell. v. 6 ; Plin. H. N. xxii. 4 ; Festus,s. v. Obsidionalis ; Serv. ad Virg. Aen. viiL 128.)A list of the few Romans who gained this honouris given by Pliny (H. N. xxii. 4, 5). A repre-sentation of the corona graminea is introduced inthe annexed woodcut. (Guichard, De AntiquisTriumphis, p. 268 ; compare Hardouin, ad N. x. 68). mm* II. Corona Civica, the second in honour andimportance (Plin. H. N. xvi. 3), was pre
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . ful of grassfrom the meadow where the struggle took place,and gave it to his opponent as a token of victory. CORONA. 359(Aul. Gell. v. 6 ; Plin. H. N. xxii. 4 ; Festus,s. v. Obsidionalis ; Serv. ad Virg. Aen. viiL 128.)A list of the few Romans who gained this honouris given by Pliny (H. N. xxii. 4, 5). A repre-sentation of the corona graminea is introduced inthe annexed woodcut. (Guichard, De AntiquisTriumphis, p. 268 ; compare Hardouin, ad N. x. 68). mm* II. Corona Civica, the second in honour andimportance (Plin. H. N. xvi. 3), was presented tothe soldier who had preserved the life of a Romancitizen in battle (Aul. Gell. v. 6), and thereforeaccompanied with the inscription Ob civem servatum(Senec. Clem. i. 26). It was originally made ofthe ilea;, afterwards of the aesculus, and finally ofthe quercus (Plin. H. N. xvi. 5), three differentsorts of oak, the reason for which choice is ex-plained by Plutarch (Qaaest. Rom. p. 151, ). it is represented in the next • —— -
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