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Rome’s triumph was the ancient world’s most effective piece of propaganda

Big Think·Mary Beard·about 2 months ago
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Mary Beard uncovers the spectacle of the Ancient Roman parade, the Roman Triumph. Simultaneously a declaration of Roman supremacy and an admission that conquest may be theft at scale, these Roman propaganda events were so terrifying that Cleopatra famously chose death over appearing in one. MARY BEARD:  Triumphs differed hugely in scale and spectacle. Gradually, it seems they got more and more lavish as Roman conquest reached into places that were really rich, and in Roman terms, really exotic. I think the main function of the triumph is for Romans to think about what it is to be Roman, but it has another side to it, which is, it puts fear into the enemy. but it certainly provided the model in Europe for celebrations of royal or military power ever after. I'm Mary Beard, and I've worked on the Ancient Romans for 50 years, and I've written quite a lot of books about them. I've just started a new podcast called "Instant Classics," which is about Greece and Rome.…

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