Ab urbe condita

The infantry and cavalry who marched in the procession were conspicuous with their decorations, many were wearing civic, mural, and vallarian crowns.[*](The corona civica (made of oak leaves) was awarded to the soldier who had saved a comrade's life in battle; the corona muralis to him who first entered the breach in storming a town; the corona vallaris was given to the man who first scaled the rampart in assaulting an enemy's camp.)

The spoils of the Samnites attracted much attention; their splendour and beauty were compared with those which the consul's father had won, and which were familiar to all through their being used as decorations of public places Amongst those in the victor's train were some prisoners of high rank distinguished for their own or their fathers' military services;

there were also carried in the procession 2,533,000 bronze ases, stated to be the proceeds of the sale of the prisoners, and 1830 pounds of silver taken from the cities. All the silver and bronze was stored in the treasury, none of this was given to the soldiers.