Corona obsidionalis graminea
The Corona obsidionalis or graminea (“siege crown”, “grassy crown”) was a military award in the Roman Empire. It was awarded to the general who managed to free his besieged army. It was made of bundles of grass and flowers picked where the army was locked up. It is mentioned for the first time in Polybios . Pliny the Elder only knew eight people who had received this award, namely the tribune of 454 BC. Chr. Lucius Siccius Dentatus , Publius Decius Mus , who received it from two armies, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus , Marcus Calpurnius Flamma, Scipio Aemilianus Africanus , Gnaeus Petreius Atinas, a centurion in the war against the Cimbri , Sulla and Quintus Sertorius . That is why it was considered a special honor and the highest of the honorary crowns .
Although it was usually given by the army, Gaius Julius Caesar and Augustus received it from the Senate .
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- ↑ Pliny, naturalis historia 22, 6 .
- ↑ He is said to be identical to the Quintus Caedicius mentioned in Cato .