Editing Roman triumph (section)

===The route===
The following schematic is for the route taken by "some, or many" triumphs, and is based on standard modern reconstructions.<ref>See map, in Beard, p. 334, and discussion on pp. 92–105.</ref> Any original or traditional route would have been diverted to some extent by the city's many redevelopments and re-building, or sometimes by choice. The starting place (the Campus Martius) lay outside the city's sacred boundary (''[[pomerium]]''), bordering the eastern bank of the [[Tiber]]. The procession entered the city through a ''Porta Triumphalis'' (Triumphal Gate),<ref>The location and nature of the ''Porta Triumphalis'' are among the most uncertain and disputed aspects of the triumphal route; some sources imply a gate exclusively dedicated to official processions, others a free-standing arch, or the ''[[Porta Carmentalis]]'' by another name, or any convenient gate in the vicinity. See discussion in Beard, pp. 97–101.</ref> and crossed the ''[[pomerium]]'', where the general surrendered his command to the [[Roman Senate|senate]] and [[Magistratus|magistrates]]. It continued through the site of the [[Circus Flaminius]], skirting the southern base of the Capitoline Hill and the ''[[Velabrum]]'', along a ''[[Via Trionfale|Via Triumphalis]]'' (Triumphal Way)<ref>Sometimes thought to be the same route as the modern ''[[Via dei Fori Imperiali]]''</ref> towards the ''[[Circus Maximus]]'', perhaps dropping off any prisoners destined for execution at the [[Tullianum]].<ref>This is where [[Jugurtha]] was starved to death and [[Vercingetorix]] was strangled.</ref> It entered the ''[[Via Sacra]]'' then the [[Roman Forum|Forum]]. Finally, it ascended the [[Capitoline Hill]] to the [[Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus]]. Once the sacrifice and dedications were completed, the procession and spectators dispersed to banquets, games, and other entertainments sponsored by the triumphing general.