id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-4659 Roman military decorations and punishments - Wikipedia .html text/html 2992 384 59 Roman military decorations and punishments Wikipedia Roman military decorations and punishments Decorations, awards and victory titles[edit] Imperator, "Commander" or "Commander-in-Chief"; a victory title taken on accession to the purple and after a major military victory; the praenomen of most Roman emperors Main article: List of Roman imperial victory titles The most famous grantee of Republican victory title was Publius Cornelius Scipio, who for his great victories in the Second Punic War was awarded by the Roman Senate the title "Africanus" and is thus known to history as "Scipio Africanus". Triumph – a civil ceremony and religious rite of ancient Rome, held to publicly honour the military commander (dux) of a notably successful foreign war or campaign and to display the glories of Roman victory. Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roman_military_decorations_and_punishments&oldid=994010159" Categories: Ancient Roman military punishments Military awards and decorations of ancient Rome ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-4659.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-4659.txt