Editing Roman triumph (section)

===Ovation===
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A general might be granted a "lesser triumph", known as an Ovation. He entered the city on foot, minus his troops, in his magistrate's toga and wearing a wreath of [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]]' myrtle. In 211 BCE, the Senate turned down [[Marcus Claudius Marcellus|Marcus Marcellus]]' request for a triumph after his victory over the Carthaginians and their Sicilian-Greek allies, apparently because his army was still in Sicily and unable to join him. They offered him instead a thanksgiving (supplicatio) and ovation. The day before it, he celebrated an unofficial triumph on the [[Alban Mount]]. His ovation was of triumphal proportions. It included a large painting, showing his siege of [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]], the siege engines themselves,  captured plate, gold, silver, and royal ornaments, and the statuary and opulent furniture for which Syracuse was famous. Eight elephants were led in the procession, symbols of his victory over the Carthaginians. His Spanish and Syracusan allies led the way wearing golden wreaths; they were granted Roman citizenship and lands in Sicily.<ref>[[Livy]], ''[[Ab Urbe Condita Libri (Livy)|Ab Urbe Condita]]'', 26, 21; cf. Plutarch ''Marcellus'' 19–22.</ref>

In 71 BCE, [[Marcus Licinius Crassus|Crassus]] earned an ovation for quashing the [[Spartacus]] revolt, and increased his honours by wearing a crown of Jupiter's "triumphal" laurel.<ref>Beard, p. 265.</ref> Ovations are listed along with triumphs on the ''Fasti Triumphales''.