Civic Crown

It was reserved for Roman citizens who saved the lives of fellow citizens by slaying an enemy on a spot held by the enemy that same day.

[1] After Sulla's constitutional reforms, any recipient of the Civic Crown was entitled entry into the Roman Senate.

[citation needed] Furthermore, the recipient was required by law to wear his crown at every public gathering, and was applauded even by men much senior to himself.

[citation needed] It later became a prerogative for Roman emperors to be awarded the Civic Crown (originating with Augustus, who was awarded it for saving the lives of citizens by ending the series of civil wars).

Pliny wrote about the Civic Crown at some length in Naturalis Historia: Julius Caesar was awarded the Civic Crown for his service in the Siege of Mytilene in 81 BC.