Spolia opima

As Spolia opima ( Latin for " wonderful loot armor" ) is designated in the Roman Republic by hand in the duel detached by a Roman leader armor of a defeated enemy leader. The spoils were divided into prima, secunda and tertia spolia, so loot first, second and third rank, which were either the Feretrius Jupiter, Mars or Quirinus consecrated accordingly.

In Roman history, the capture of the armor of an enemy leader, succeeded by a Roman army commander only Romulus against Acron, Aulus Cornelius Cossus against Lars Marcus Claudius Marcellus and Tolumnius against Viridomarus. Marcus Licinius Crassus, the claim of ( a grandson of the same name triumvir ), BC to dedicate the spolia opima after a victory over the leader of the Bastarnae in the year 29 also, Augustus rejected because Crassus was not the commander in chief, but only subfield of Augustus.