Vér Ádám - A triumphus Asszíriában

The ritual of the triumphal march of the army returning to the capital after victory is best known from ancient Rome. Classical authors left detailed descriptions of Roman triumphs for posterity, which later determined for centuries, and even to this day determine the way of celebrating military victories in Europe and the related urban spatial structure. However, the triumphal march of the returning armies is not only known from ancient Rome, but will' this ritual is recorded in every ancient culture - it is true, we have incomparably fewer sources available to study them, and we almost never have a coherent description that would present the complete sequence of events and give a contemporary interpretation of some of its details. (911-612 BC) I will reconstruct the Assyrian triumph by analyzing the pictorial and written sources of triumphal processions and other victory rituals. The picture provided by the mentioned sources is necessarily fragmentary, and in order to draw a more complete picture, it is necessary to take into account the anthropological parallels of the rite series found in other cultures, on the one hand, and the appearance of certain ritual elements that play a role in the triumph in other contexts, on the other hand.

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History books
140 pages
Binding: cardboard
ISBN: 9789634146735
Author: Ádám Vér
Release year: 2020