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... Well, yes.

The verb «decorare» meant "decorate" in the sense of "to magnify, glorify, in contrast to the« ornare »-« decorate "(meaning" to supply necessary to equip, arm). So, if the Roman legionary required «ornamentum» - equipment that could be quite expensive, decorated with engraved and chased, but, above all, was to guard his life in battle, the Emperor during the triumph relied «decorum». In this concept includes the purple robe victor, a laurel wreath, triumphal arches and columns, marches and everything associated with the celebration of the triumph of special occasions. Decor carried within itself the ideological sense. Ornament has a formal meaning.