Salvete omnes,
I recently read in an excellent book by H.H. Scullard that the grandson of the famous one, also called Marcus Licinius Crassus, request of Octavian and was denied the honour of the... um... Scolia/Scopia something or other... I forget what its exact name was. It was awarded for killing the enemy leader in close combat, and apparently only two leaders had received it since the mythical Romulus. Who were they?
Many thanks!
Bene valete,
Marcus Scribonius Curio Britannicus.