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 ⓘ
culture ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity
decline late Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Late Antiquity
destination Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus ⓘ
documentedBy Dionysius of Halicarnassus ⓘ
Josephus ⓘ
linked to: Flavius 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 → triumph (Roman triumphal procession) ⓘ
linked to: Roman triumphs
Simon bar Giora → paradedIn → Roman triumph of Vespasian and Titus ⓘ
subject linked to: bar Giora
linked to: Roman triumphs
Battle of Idistaviso → commemoratedBy → Roman triumph of Germanicus (17 CE) ⓘ
linked to: Roman triumphs
Triumphs of Caesar → depicts → Roman triumph ⓘ
linked to: Roman triumphs