Enhver sejr blev i romerriget efterfulgt af et stort triumftog til Jupitertemplet på Capitolhøjen. Forfatteren gennemgår disse ceremonier og ser på både storheden og de mørkere sider af triumfen
"It followed every major military victory in ancient Rome: the successful general drove through the streets to the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill; behind him streamed his raucous soldiers; in front were his most glamorous prisoners, as well as the booty he'd captured, …
Describes every major military campaign and victory in ancient Rome, explaining what the Roman triumph really looked like and what it symbolized.
Staging the World is an illustrated study of the Roman triumphal procession in its capacity as spectacle and performance. Ida Ostenberg analyses how Rome presented and perceived the defeated on parade. Spoils, captives, and representations are the objects, and the basic question…
An illustrated study of the Roman triumphal procession which asks the questions: What was displayed? How was it paraded? What was the response? Ida Ostenberg analyses the stories the Roman triumph told about the defeated and the ideas it transmitted about Rome itself. - ;Staging…