grass-wreath

Updated: September 6, 2025

The grateful Roman army conferred on its general the grass-wreath the homely badge with which the usage of the camp decorated the soldier who had by his capacity saved a division of his comrades. Without pausing to undertake the siege of Nola and of the other Campanian towns still occupied by the Samnites, Sulla at once advanced into the interior, which was the head-quarters of the insurrection.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book IV : The Revolution

The grateful Roman army conferred on its general the grass-wreath the homely badge with which the usage of the camp decorated the soldier who had by his capacity saved a division of his comrades. Without pausing to undertake the siege of Nola and of the other Campanian towns still occupied by the Samnites, Sulla at once advanced into the interior, which was the head-quarters of the insurrection.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)