The eunuch priests of the Great Mother, with their cymbals and Phrygian tiaras, had appeared in Italy in the last years of the Hannibalic War.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
The sum of 1,123,000 francs had been expended on the coronation robes of Emperor and Empress, and far more on crowns and tiaras.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
In the evening there were visits from all the surrounding neighborhood; the ladies wore tiaras and all their jewels, and the gentlemen all their decorations; there was a grand supper in the state dining-room.
"In the Courts of Memory 1858-1875."
L. de Hegermann-Lindencrone