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A Roman victory parade that Jiang interprets as ending in ritual killing before Jupiter, functionally a form of human sacrifice.
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triumph
A Roman victory parade that Jiang interprets as ending in ritual killing before Jupiter, functionally a form of human sacrifice.
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A military parade that establishes a Roman general as a hero and benefits his family's future political standing.
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A parade celebrating a general who wins new territory for Rome; Jiang treats it as the glory every Roman soldier aspires to.
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Jiang argues that Roman triumphal strangulation was also human sacrifice, even if Romans denied it in order to claim greater civilization.
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Imperial money corrupted republican competition: office could be bought through bribery, then repaid through provincial exploitation, wars, enslavement, and triumphs.
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Caesar's decision to give up a triumph for the consulship shows that his opponents underestimated him because he understood their expectations better than they understood him.
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Res publica turns Roman elite politics into a competition to produce men who serve Rome and win glory through office, conquest, and triumph.
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Scipio's rise after Cannae is used to show how Roman office-seeking and pursuit of triumph turn senatorial loss into opportunity for new leaders.
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"...every major military campaign, they would have a parade called a triumph, okay?"
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"And they would parade their war captives across the Rome. And then these war captives were taken to the Temple of Jupiter where the..."
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"...money that way. But also, you will receive something called a triumph. Okay? Triumph. Now triumph is just a military parade that establishes you..."
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"...to win political office, okay, in their careers. Okay? So the triumph is a very, very big thing. The problem is while the best..."
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"Let's look at republica. Republica means public virtue in Latin. It's the idea that the best and brightest in Rome are in competition with..."
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"...they can to destroy this guy. Okay? So, Caesar wants a triumph, and he wants to win the, and he wants to get the..."
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"...more territory for Rome then you'll be given something called a triumph."
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"Triumph. Triumph is a big parade where you are celebrated by all the Roman people. And that's what every Roman soldier aspired to. To..."
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