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    The Grass Crown (Latin: corona graminea) or Blockade Crown (corona obsidionalis) was the highest and rarest of all military decorations in the Roman Republic...
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    rescued from a siege to present a wreath made of grass (Latin: corona graminea or corona obsidionalis) to the commander of the relieving force. This award...
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  • punishments for military transgressions. Grass crown – (Latin: corona obsidionalis or corona graminea), was the highest and rarest of all military decorations...
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    citizen, eight coronae aureae, three coronae murales, and one corona obsidionalis or corona graminea, the highest honour for valour, awarded for the deliverer...
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    rescued from a siege to present a wreath made of grass (Latin: corona graminea or corona obsidionalis) to the commander of the relieving force. This award...
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    Pliny the Elder tells us that he was awarded the Grass Crown, the corona graminea or corona obsidionalis Strabo Geography, Book VI Chapter 1 Pisciotta et...
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  • presented with the highest honour a Roman general can receive: the corona graminea, the eponymous 'Grass Crown'. This was only awarded a very few times...
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    Roman Republic and early Roman empire was the Grass Crown (Latin: corona graminea) . It was presented only to a general, commander, or officer whose...
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    ISBN 978-0292731264. Retrieved 23 January 2015. Lindley, John (1826). "Gilliesia graminea". Edwards' Botanical Register. 12: t. 992. Retrieved 19 January 2015. Hutchinson...
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  • Caryophyllaceae Silene trojanensis, Caryophyllaceae Silene vallesia ssp. graminea, Caryophyllaceae Siphonostegia syriaca, Orobanchaceae Soldanella hungarica...
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    Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Parodi, L. R. (1987). "Gramíneas". Enciclopedia Argentina de Agricultura y Jardinería, Tome I. Descripción...
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    most graceful Caladenia gracillima D gramineus L grassy Iris graminea, Pterostylis graminea H DS C grammopetalus G striped-petal, from grammo Potentilla...
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