The Triumphant Byzantine Empire

Throughout the Byzantine Empire, the concept of "triumph" continued to be explored. Triumphs were not celebrations put on for fun--they were strategic expressions and advertisements of the ruling party’s authority over foreign lands and their own people.[1] In this section, you will encounter objects that express the continuation of triumphs, but also demonstrate changes that began to occur within the Roman theme.

[1] Herbst, Matthew Thomas, 1998. The Medieval Art of Spin: Constructing the Imperial Image of Control in Ninth-Century Byzantium. PhD dissertation, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor: ProQuest/UMI. (Publication No. 9840554.), 57.