the fixed parade route), the detailed conditions which had to be met before such a triumph could be celebrated, its relationship to the other Roman ceremonies, and by the corresponding terminus technicus nature of the “triumph” word-group itself. For although the verb and adjective forms occur less frequently than the noun, it is clear that all three refer specifically to the institution of the triumphal procession, and not to the more general idea of a triumph in battle, for which the word-group
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