concept
grassy crown of the siege
grassy crown
also: gramineam coronam obsidialem
The corona obsidionalis, woven of grass from the relieved ground, Rome's rarest decoration, given by an army to the man who delivered it—here twice laid on Decius.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 7 §37 the grassy crown of the siege
The corona obsidionalis, woven of grass from the relieved ground—Rome's rarest decoration—laid on Decius by the whole army he saved.