Roman triumph
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The Roman triumph was a civil ceremony and religious rite of ancient Rome, held to publicly celebrate and sanctify the success of a military commander who had led Roman forces to victory in the servic
Panel from a representation of a triumph of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius; a winged genius hovers above his head
Scene from the Triumphs of Caesar by Andrea Mantegna (1482–94, Royal Collection)
Detail from the Arch of Titus showing Titus as triumphator
Detail from the Arch of Titus showing his triumph held in 71 for his Sack of Jerusalem
Pompey
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Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, known in English as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a Roman general and statesman who was prominent in the final decades of the Roman Republic. As a young man, he was a partisa
Roman triumph
…traditional anniversary of the first triumph by Publicola (504 BCE), of six other Republican triumphs, and of the very first Roman triumph by Romulus. Pompey postponed his third and most magnificent triumph for several months to make it coincide with his own dies natalis (birthday). Religious dimensions…
Bust of Pompey, copy of an original from 70–60 BC, Venice National Archaeological Museum
Bust of Mithridates of Pontus in the Louvre, Paris
Denarius minted in 56 BC by Pompey's supporter Faustus Sulla
The First Triumvirate; left to right, Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey