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Relief at Sebasteion: Ancient Aphrodisias School of Sculpture ... The emperor is a naked warrior and is crowned by a personification of the Roman People wearing a toga, the stately civilian dress of Roman citizens. The crown is an oak wreath, the corona civica or civic crown awarded for saving citizens' lives. The emperor is setting up a battlefield trophy beneath which kneels an anguished barbarian woman captive. - Museum of Aphrodisias.

Relief at Sebasteion: Ancient Aphrodisias School of Sculpture ... Agrippina crowns her young son Nero with a laurel wreath. She carries a cornucopia, symbol of Fortune and Plenty, and he wears the armour cloak of a Roman commander, with helmet on the ground at his feet. The scene refers to Nero's accession as emperor in AD 54, and belongs before AD 59 when Nero had Agrippina murdered. - Museum of Aphrodisias, Turkey.