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单词 Tropaion
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Tropaion

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Tropaion

A Roman tropaeum from the Dacian Wars (Trajan's Column 113 AD, note the tree trunk with arm-like branches)
A Roman tropaion in process of erection. Detail from the Gemma Augustea, circa 20-30 AD
A fully erected Roman tropaion with shackled and adorsed seated male and female Sarmatian captives (the right-hand female with head resting on hand, possibly a representation of the defeated

A tropaion (Greek:τρόπαιον, Latin:tropaeum), whence English "trophy" is an ancient Greek and later Roman monument set up to commemorate a victory over one's foes. Typically this takes the shape of a tree, sometimes with a pair of arm-like branches (or, in later times, a pair of stakes set crosswise) upon which is hung the armour of a defeated and dead foe. The tropaion is then dedicated to a god in thanksgiving for the victory.

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