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2175 |
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Etymologiarum sive Originum libri XX (622 - 633) Isidore of Seville |
| Quotation |
Inperatores Romani et reges quidam gentium aureas coronas utuntur.
Persae tiaras gerunt; sed reges rectas, satrapae incuruas.
Reperta autem tiara a Semiramide Assyriorum regina. |
| Translation |
The Roman emperors and certain pagan kings wear gold crowns. The Persians wear turbans ( tiara ), the kings wearing straight ones and the satraps curved ones. The turban was invented by the Assyrian queen Semiramis. (Trans. Barney, Lewis, Beach and Berghof, p. 390) |
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xix.30.3 |
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