Title: Rituals of triumph in the Mediterranean world /
Authors: Spalinger, Anthony John; Armstrong, Jeremy,; Spalinger, Anthony John,; Armstrong, Jeremy,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Triumph.; Rituals Mediterranean Region History; Rites and ceremonies Mediterranean Region History; Processions Mediterranean Region History; Mediterranean Region History, Military
Abstract: Societies, both ancient and modern, have frequntly celebrated and proclaimed their military victories through overt public demonstrations. In the ancient workd, however, the most famous examples of this come from a single culture and period- Rome in the final years of the Roman Republic and early Roman Empire- while those from other cultures- such as Egypt, Greece, Neo-Assyria, and indeed other periods of Roman history- are generally unexplored. The aim of this volume is to present a more complete study of this phenomenon and offer a series of cultural reactions to successful military actions by various people of the ancient Mediterranean world, illustrating points of similarity and diversity, and demonstrating the complex and mutifaceted nature of this transcultural practice.
Contents: Rituals of triumph : a brief introduction / Jeremy Armstrong and Anthony Spalinger -- Claiming victory : the early Roman triumph / Jeremy Armstrong -- Ramesses III's wars and triumphs at Medinet Habu : between narration, history and identity / Giacomo Cavillier -- Hellenistic parades and Roman triumphs / Andrew Erskine -- Nothing to celebrate? : the lack or disparagement of victory celebrations in the Greek historians / Lisa Irene Hau -- Outcomes of battle : triumphal celebrations in Assyria / Davide Nadali -- Egyptian new kingdom triumphs : a first blush / Anthony Spalinger -- Commemorating victory in classical Greece : why Greek tropaia? / Matthew Trundle.