corona vallare

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin vallāris corōna (literally rampart crown).

Noun

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corona vallare f (plural corone vallari)

  1. (historical, Ancient Rome, military) a symbolic honour/honor given to the first soldier who mounted the enemy's rampart

Further reading

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  • vallare1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana