* The general was allowed to enter the city crowned with a wreath of laurel, bearing a scepter in one hand, and a branch of laurel in the other, riding in a circular chariot, of a peculiar form, drawn by four horses. He was preceded by the senate and magistrates, musicians, the spoils, the captives in fetters, etc., and followed by his army on foot in marching order. The procession advanced in this manner to the Capitoline Hill, where sacrifices were offered, and victorious commander entertained with a public feast.

Our daughter,
In honor of whose birth these triumphs are,
Sits here, like beauty's child. Shak.

Great triumph and rejoicing was in heaven. Milton.

Hercules from Spain
Arrived in triumph, from Geryon slain. Dryden.

How long shall the wicked triumph? Ps. xciv. 3.

Sorrow on thee and all the pack of you
That triumph thus upon my misery! Shak.

Triumphing over death, and chance, and thee, O Time. Milton.

On this occasion, however, genius triumphed. Macaulay.

Where commerce triumphed on the favoring gales. Trumbull.

Two and thirty legions that awe
All nations of the triumphed word. Massinger.