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:''For the novel by Colleen McCullough see'' The Grass Crown (novel). The Grass Crown or Blockade Crown (Latin: ''corona graminea'' or ''corona obsidionalis'') was the highest and rarest of all military decorations in the Roman Republic and early Roman empire. It was presented only to a general, commander, or officer whose actions saved the legion or the entire army. One example of actions leading to awarding of a grass crown would be a general who broke the blockade around a beleaguered Roman army. The crown was made from plant materials taken from the battlefield, including grasses, flowers, and various cereals such as wheat; it was presented to the general by the army he had saved. ==History== Pliny wrote about the grass crown at some length in his ''Natural History'' (''Naturalis Historia''): Pliny also lists the persons who by their deeds won the grass crown: *Lucius Siccius Dentatus *Publius Decius Mus (received two grass crowns—one from his own army, and another from the troops which he had rescued when surrounded) *Fabius Maximus (after Hannibal had been expelled from Italy) *Marcus Calpurnius Flamma (during the First Punic War) *Scipio Aemilianus Africanus *Gnaeus Petreius Atinas (a primus pilus centurion during the Cimbrian War) *Lucius Cornelius Sulla (during the Social War at Nola) *Quintus Sertorius (In 97 BC while serving in Hispania as a military tribune under Titus Didius) *Augustus (the crown was presented by the Roman Senate but was a political homage rather than a military award) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grass Crown」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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