AN ACCURATE RECORD
INVENTED TRIUMPHS?
RECONSTRUCTING A RITUAL
REMEMBER YOU ARE A MAN
PLOTTING THE ROUTE
RECONSTRUCTING THE “TRIUMPHAL GATE”
SIGNIFICANT DEVIATIONS
ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTION
c h a p t e r IV - Captives on Parade
THUSNELDA STEALS THE SHOW
THE VICTIM’S POINT OF VIEW?
THE CLEOPATRAN SOLUTION
KINGS AND FOREIGNERS
BEFORE THE CHARIOT?
EXECUTION
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
c h a p t e r V - The Art of Representation
IMAGES OF DEFEAT
THE EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES
“THE TRIUMPHS OF CAESAR”
THE PROFITS OF EMPIRE
CUTTING THE SPOILS DOWN TO SIZE
THE LIMITS OF GULLIBILITY
PROCESSIONAL THEMES
PERFORMANCE ART
FAKING IT?
c h a p t e r VI - Playing by the Rules
THE FOG OF WAR
TRIUMPHAL AMBITIONS
GENERALIZING FROM CICERO?
ARGUING THE CASE
MORE RULES AND REGULATIONS
ON WANTING OR NON-WANTING A TRIUMPH
c h a p t e r VII - Playing God
TRIUMPHATOR?
A BUMPY RIDE
DRESSED DIVINE?
MAN OR GOD?
THE WIDER PICTURE
SOLDIERS’ KIT
CLIMAX OR ANTICLIMAX?
ACTING UP?
c h a p t e r VIII - The Boundaries of the Ritual
MAKING A MEAL OUT OF A VICTORY
RITUAL BOUNDARIES
WHEN WAS A TRIUMPH NOT A TRIUMPH?
DRESSING THE PART
THE TRIUMPH OF THE CONSULSHIP
THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH
c h a p t e r IX - The Triumph of History
IMPERIAL LAURELS
THE AUGUSTAN REVOLUTION
THE MYTH OF ORIGINS
THE END OF THE TRIUMPH?
POSTSCRIPT: ABYSSINIA 1916
e p i l o g u e - Rome, May 2006
Abbreviations
Notes
PROLOGUE: THE QUESTION OF TRIUMPH
1 . POMPEY’S FINEST HOUR?
2. THE IMPACT OF THE TRIUMPH
3. CONSTRUCTIONS AND RECONSTRUCTIONS
4. CAPTIVES ON PARADE
5. THE ART OF REPRESENTATION
6. PLAYING BY THE RULES
7. PLAYING GOD
8. THE BOUNDARIES OF THE RITUAL
9. THE TRIUMPH OF HISTORY
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Illustration Credits
Index