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vote I spoke of gave him the honour when Hannibal 

 was driven from Italy," and the erown was the only 

 one placed on the recipient's head by the hand of 

 tlie State itself, and — a special feature in the case of 

 Fabius — it was the only one given by the whole of 

 Italy. 



VI. Besides these the distinction of the grass 

 crown has been won for service in Sicily ^' by M. 

 Calpurnius Flamma, tribune of the soldiers, and in 

 the war with the Cimbri " by Cn. Petreius of Atina, 

 the only centurion to receive it up to the present 

 time. Serving as Head Centurion under Catukis, he 

 harangued his legion when it was cut ofF by the 

 eneniy, killed his own tribune when he hesitated to 

 break through the enemy camp, and brought the 

 legion out. I find in my authorities that in addition 

 to this honour the same man, with the consuls Marius 

 and Catulus at his side, offered sacrifice, wearing the 

 magisterial gown, on a brazier placed for the purpose, 

 and to the music of the piper. SuIIa the Dictator 

 also has written that he too was presented by his 

 army with this crown before Nola, when he was 

 lieutenant-general in the Marsian '^ war, and more- 

 over had the scene painted in his Tusculan villa, 

 afterwards the property of Cicero. If Sulla tells the 

 truth, it would make me describe him as all the more 

 detestable, because by his proscription he with his 

 own hand tore the crown from his own head, so 

 much fewer were the citizens he saved than those 

 whom he afterwards slew. Let him also add to this 

 distinction the proud surname of Felix, nevertheless 

 he himself resigned to Sertorius this crown when 

 he besieged the proscribed in every part of the 

 world. Scipio Aemilianus also was, according to 



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