Eternal Victory
Subtitle: Triumphal Rulership in Late Antiquity, Byzantium and the Early Medieval West (Past and Present Publications)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 29, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 472
ISBN-13: 9780521386593
Subjects: World history: BCE to c 500 CE; Manners And Customs; History; History - General History; Triumph; History: World; Europe; Rites and ceremonies; Ancient - Rome; Customs & Traditions; Europe - General; History / Europe / General; History-Ancient - Rome; History-Europe - General; Social Science / Customs & Traditions; Roman emperors; Rome
First sentence: Collective manifestations of joy and relief at the successful conclusion of a military engagement occur throughout human society and throughout history, from the earliest times down to our own V-E and V-J Days of recent memory.