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    Civic Crown (redirect from Corona civica)
    The Civic Crown (Latin: corona civica) was a military decoration during the Roman Republic and the subsequent Roman Empire, given to Romans who saved...
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  • Ancient Rome, the term civics also refers to the Civic Crown, to the Corona civica, which was a garland of oak leaves awarded to Romans who saved the lives...
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    type of military decoration), armillae (a type of bracelet), and a corona civica (an award for saving a fellow citizen's life), while in his right hand...
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    ending with the emperor Augustus. The oak leaf civic crown (Latin: corona civica) was awarded to Romans who had saved the life of another citizen in...
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    deterrents for legionaries in battle. For example, the highly coveted corona civica was given to legionaries who saved a comrade in battle. However, death...
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    in a hard-fought battle. His son, Marcus Ostorius Scapula, won the corona civica for saving a Roman citizen's life during the fighting. The Iceni remained...
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    of a man – in this case Augustus – wearing the civic crown (Latin: corona civica). Caesar won the civic crown for his bravery at the Siege of Mytilene...
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    Collections (in French). Retrieved 6 February 2024. Alabaster head with corona civica, on modern bust. Unknown provenance. Late fifth century, LSA-593. Last...
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    Diocletian Likely head of Diocletian, wearing a corona civica Roman emperor Solo-reign Co-reign 20 November 284 – 1 April 286 1 April 286 – 1 May 305...
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    ending with the emperor Augustus. The oak leaf civic crown (Latin: corona civica) was awarded to Romans who had saved the life of another citizen in...
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    line that began with him. Augustus was granted the right to hang the corona civica (civic crown) above his door and to have laurels drape his doorposts...
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    Perú en los tres reinos naturales. El escudo tendrá por timbre una corona cívica vista de plano; e irá acompañada en cada lado de una bandera y un estandarte...
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  • actions saved the legion or the entire army. Civic crown – (Latin: corona civica), was a chaplet of common oak leaves woven to form a crown. During the...
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    Empire Imperial Vexillum of the emperor Bust of Augustus wearing the corona civica Details Style Imperator, Caesar, Augustus, Princeps, Dominus Noster...
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    the corona civica, a crown made oak-leaves awarded for saving the life of a fellow Roman citizen in battle. The most valuable award was the corona muralis/vallaris...
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    portrait of his ancestor Augustus (Augustus Bevilacqua), bears the corona civica. As a head of Tiberius has long been in the Glyptothek and a head of...
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    brother) and Agrippina the Elder. Both Claudius and Germanicus wear the corona civica, or civic crown, the prestigious military decoration in ancient Rome...
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    her head a mural crown and veil. She is crowning figure #1 with the corona civica of oak leaves - used to commend someone for saving the life of a Roman...
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  • Plautus' addition to the Greek originals; Gradel also suggests that the corona civica began as an acknowledgement by A.A. that N.N. had saved his life – as...
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    Commissione Archeologica Comunale di Roma. 17: 140–144. "Augustus wearing the Corona Civica | Museum of Classical Archaeology Databases". museum.classics.cam.ac...
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    example having been re-carved with the image of Constantine wearing a corona civica after the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. The Townley bust, like other...
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    was the corona civica, a crown made of oak leaves awarded for saving the life of a Roman citizen in battle. The most valuable award was the corona muralis...
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    the neck as it now survives. The face is clean shaven and he wears a corona civica. The axis of the neck suggests that the face had originally been turned...
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    which COS (consul) was stamped inside a garland of oak leaves (the corona civica) under Tiberius on the reverse. The town must have flourished with Sejanus...
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  • who had distinguished themselves during the capture of the city. The corona civica, the crown awarded to the first man over the wall, was fiercely contested...
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    which five remain visible. In the central arch, the keystones are the corona civica on the downstream side and the clipeum virtutis on the upstream side;...
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    these insignia stand for victory and the saving of citizens' lives (see corona civica). The whole stone piece, measuring 15.5 by 13 cm (6.1 by 5.1 in), is...
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    Certain symbolic elements, such as the wreath of oak leaves (a possible corona civica), France being seen as a subjugated province, and the inclusion of Saturn...
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    the Copenhagen and Istanbul museums do not necessarily indicate Roman corona civica honours; much headgear worn by Palmyrene priests had wreaths without...
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    Pigafetta The Pinacotheca Civica houses mainly Vicentine paintings in the Palladian Palazzo Chiericati. Biblioteca Civica Bertoliana, a public library...
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