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... si singulis manipularibus praecipua servati civis corona imperatoria manu...

servati civis corona: lit., "the crown of a citizen having been saved," that is, a crown [awarded] for having saved the life of a citizen; the gen. performs an adjectival function, defining the sphere of meaning of the crown; "servati civis" is a common Latin construction in which the ptcp. is equivalent to an noun, usually an abstract noun, plus an objective genitive,"ab urbe condita,"from the founding of the city [of Rome]."