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NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net 1 month agoDefeating a slave revolt didn’t result in much glory. No triumph (a kind of parade into the city to show off loot) for the general defeating slaves.
Comment on Revolting!
NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net 1 month agoDefeating a slave revolt didn’t result in much glory. No triumph (a kind of parade into the city to show off loot) for the general defeating slaves.
PugJesus@piefed.social 1 month ago
It’s sometimes considered that Crassus could have gotten an ovation, should he have asked for one, but the combination of Pompey claiming credit and Pompey claiming the more prestigious triumph convinced him not to.