It betokened rank in all
ancient civilizations and became more luxurious in the
Byzantine era. The diadem took its definitive form under the Byzantine
emperor Justinian as a circlet surmounted by a sort of arched headpiece with a cross. fr.
diadein to bind on both sides.
diadems-/Of brown bee-studded orchids which were meant for Cytheraea's brows are hidden here -
Oscar Wilde