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date: 16 June 2025

ornamenta 

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The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World

Ornaments were the decorations, costume, and status of a specific senatorial rank, quaestorian, praetorian, or consular, and in the republic were granted only in exceptional cases. In the imperial period these honours were granted more often, both to senators, who received precedence in voting associated with a higher rank without actual promotion (contrast ... ...

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