Roman Awards?

[DthB4Dishonor]

Does anyone know the awards given to military leaders and soldiers of war? Also would you know the specific reason for each award....i.e. US Military gives purple heart for being wounded in battle.

Here are some awards/pins/honors/laurels that I've found but they might not be totally correct and invite others to enlighten me.

silver spear: for killing a man in single combat

silver encrusted shield: for holding hotly contested ground against odds.

Corona Civica (crown of oak leaves: For saving the lives of comrades and holding the ground where you saved them.

Corona Muralis: a gold crown with a crenellated battlement awarded for being the first man to over the walls of an enemy town/city.

Corona Vallaris: a gold crown awarded for being the first man into an enemy camp.

I'm also curious as to what awards could be given to the individual legions, cohorts. I also know that these might have differed depending on era. If era is a problem lets say between the time of Gaius Marius to Gaius Julius Caesar.

[Stormer]

very intresting i always wonderd why some shields we differant clours

[Catiline]

The Corona Obsidionalis (Grass Crown) was the highest military decoration going. It was just that, a crown of Grass made on the battlefield and presented to a soldier (well realistically an officer) who through his actions saved the army from annihilation. Sulla won it during the Social War, can't think of anyone else who got it off the top of my head, though there were a few ohters, maybe Augustus, though given Agripa did his generaling that doesn't sound too fair.. It was incredibly rare.

the corona navalis was for naval victories in the republic, later it was just a decoration and you needed to be at least a consular to get it. The muralis and vallaris also lost their reason, and became just decoration

Centurions could get armillae and phalerae under the empire, earlier i htink htese could go to legionaries as well.

[Hakonarson]

There's a section on awards towards the bottom of the page at http://www.roman-empire.net/army/army.html

[DthB4Dishonor]

Wow, great link Hakonarson, loads of info.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

I remember hearing about an award given for a general killing the enemy general in single combat.

[Catiline]

Spolia opima i think. The right to dedicate the arms and armour of the slain general to Jupiter Feretrius, only happened three times, last in 222 BC

[DrHaphazard]

Ya know i was concerned that there wouldnt be a unit standards, other than the flags, for the Romans, but LORD HAVE MERCY i spotted one in the newest released vid. Its the city_siege video. The standard in question can be seen when they first show the blue legionaires who are forming a testudo. The standard bearer is behind the unit, but its quite distinct.