Roman triumphs

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Roman triumphs were grand ceremonial processions in ancient Rome celebrating victorious military commanders, featuring parades of troops, spoils, captives, and religious rites through the city.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman ceremony
military honor
religious procession
associatedWith Roman Republic
early Roman Empire
authorizedBy Senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus
surface form: Senatus consultum
culture Roman Antiquity
surface form: ancient Rome
decline Late Antiquity
surface form: late Roman Empire
destination Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus
documentedBy Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Flavius Josephus
surface form: Josephus

Livy
Plutarch
Suetonius
eligibility usually a consul or praetor
victorious Roman magistrate with imperium
eligibilityCondition at least 5,000 enemy killed in single battle
decisive victory over foreign enemy
territorial expansion or restoration
war must be formally declared
war must be formally ended
enduringLegacy word "triumph" in modern languages
feature acclamation by soldiers
display of war spoils
distribution of money or food to populace
face painted red of the triumphator
inscribed placards describing victories
laurel wreaths
musicians and trumpeters
parade of captives
procession of troops
public feasting
purple and gold triumphal robe
sacrifice of white oxen
sacrificial rituals
tableaux and models of captured cities
triumphal chariot
grantedBy Roman Senate
honoreeDress toga picta
tunica palmata
honoreeSymbol ivory scepter with eagle
laurel branch
honoreeTitle triumphator
iconography reliefs on Arch of Septimius Severus
reliefs on Arch of Titus
influenced Renaissance triumphal processions
later European royal entries
language Latin
LatinName triumphus
mainRoute Campus Martius to Capitoline Hill
along Via Triumphalis
through Forum Romanum
through Porta Triumphalis
notableExample triumph of Augustus after Actium
triumph of Pompey the Great in 61 BC
triumph of Scipio Africanus after Second Punic War
triumph of Titus for the Jewish War
triumphs of Julius Caesar
politicalFunction display of loyalty of troops
enhancement of general's prestige
propaganda for ruling elite
purpose to celebrate major military victory
to display Roman power
to honor victorious general
to thank the gods
relatedPractice ovation
spolia opima
triumphal arch
triumphal games
religiousAspect procession of cult images of gods
sacrifices at Capitoline temple
vow fulfillment to Jupiter
socialFunction public entertainment
redistribution of war booty
timePeriod Roman Empire
Roman Kingdom
Roman Republic

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Via Sacra associatedWith Roman triumphs
Imperator linkedConcept Roman triumphs
this entity surface form: triumph (Roman triumphal procession)
bar Giora paradedIn Roman triumphs
subject surface form: Simon bar Giora
this entity surface form: Roman triumph of Vespasian and Titus
Battle of Idistaviso commemoratedBy Roman triumphs
this entity surface form: Roman triumph of Germanicus (17 CE)