triumphator
Noun
Meaning
triumphator (plural triumphators)
One granted a triumph.
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Some scholars have viewed the triumphator as embodying (or impersonating) Jupiter in the triumphal procession.
In the 5th century BC, the triumphator Camillus was sent into exile after he drove a chariot with a team of four white horses ( quadriga )—an honour reserved for Jupiter himself.
As a triumphator, he also had numerous statues in Rome, one of which was on the forum of Augustus.
The ornamentation of an arch was intended to serve as a constant visual reminder of the triumph and triumphator.
The very few accounts are from the Imperial era of a public slave (or other figure) who stands behind or near the triumphator to remind him that he "is but mortal" or prompts him to "look behind", and are open to a variety of interpretations.