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Panel from a representation of a triumph of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius; a winged genius hovers above his head. Scene from the Triumphs of Caesar by Andrea Mantegna (1482–94, Royal Collection) The Roman triumph ( triumphus) was a civil ceremony and religious rite of ancient Rome, held to publicly celebrate and sanctify the success of a ...
Photo from Wardell Armstrong. Archaeologists and volunteers excavating an ancient Roman site in the United Kingdom uncovered a “mysterious” purple lump. It turned out to be an “incredibly ...
Used as the co-official national flag; see Wiphala: Dominica: 3 November 1978: As purple sisserou parrot, a national symbol (see flag of Dominica) El Salvador: 27 May 1912: As part of the rainbow in the coat of arms (see flag of El Salvador) Nicaragua: 27 August 1971: As part of the rainbow in the coat of arms (see flag of Nicaragua) Spain: 5 ...
The golden wreath. Myrtle wreath at Vergina ( Greek: Χρυσό στεφάνι της Βεργίνας, Latin: corona Verginae) made of gold myrtle ( Myrtus communis) leaves and flowers, is one of the most valuable finds from the antechamber of the royal Macedonian tombs at Vergina, Greece. [1] From the Hellenistic period (300-30 BC), the gold ...