Roman crowns and wreaths
Crowns of the ancients: radial crowns 1, 2, laurel wreaths 3, 4, civic crown 5, Obsidionalis (for generals who delivered a town under siege) 6, crenellated Murali (for the first man to cross the wall of a besieged town) 7, Vallaris (for soldiers who stormed enemy camps) 8 and naval coronet (for victories at sea) 9. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J.B. Hoessel from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1802
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12482890
Media ID
45723858
Size
4628px x 5769px
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Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Florilegius Collection
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