“For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars
enjoyed the honor of triumph, a tumultuous parade.
In the procession came trumpeteers, musicians and strange animals from conquered territories,
together with carts laden with treasure and captured armaments.
The conquerors rode in a triumphal chariot,
the dazed prisoners walking in chains before him.
Sometimes his children robed in white
stood with him in the chariot or rode the trace horses.
A slave stood behind the conqueror holding a golden crown
and whispering in his ear a warning: that all glory is fleeting.”
Patton
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