03-20-2010, 08:24 PM
Quote:I believe Julius Caesar mentions something about dona being worn into battle.
It's in Spanish War.23 - two centurions of the fifth legion die fighting at Munda and the enemy 'rush in to strip the decorations' from one of them. But it's a debatable passage, omitted in many translations. The word used, as mentioned somewhere here before, is insignia, which could mean several things, but phalerae is certainly possible, if the text is accurate.
- Nathan
Nathan Ross
