Corona Etrusca

The corona Etrusca ( "Etruscan Crown") was in the Roman Empire , a massive gold wreath of oak leaves and the insignia of the Capitoline Jupiter Optimus Maximus .

During a triumph , the triumphant general wore a wreath made of fresh laurel branches ( corona triumphalis ) on his head, while a state-owned slave simultaneously held the corona Etrusca over his head. Because it was not allowed to be worn directly on the head by anyone. It was the sole prerogative of the triumphant in his role as the earthly incarnation of the Father of Gods to lead the corona Etrusca in his triumphal chariot ( currus triumphalis ).

See also

• Corona triumphalis
• Corona civica

literature

• Alessandra Coen: Corona etrusca (= Daidalos. Vol. 1, ISSN  1721-6761 ). Università degli studi della Tuscia, Viterbo 1999 (Diss. Univ. Di Roma “La Sapienza”, 1992/95).

Web link

• Corona (engl.)