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![TIL that during a Roman Triumph, which were rare, spectacular parades commemorating the honor awarded to a victorious Roman general by the Senate, a slave would have to accompany the honored while TIL that during a Roman Triumph, which were rare, spectacular parades commemorating the honor awarded to a victorious Roman general by the Senate, a slave would have to accompany the honored while](https://external-preview.redd.it/ecXoShaGOD5uSBEsQM4DsNsdgN_ljgNTPetSvAr8VqA.jpg?auto=webp&s=5189244563c7f7df06378baf54d5b333e0a201b1)
TIL that during a Roman Triumph, which were rare, spectacular parades commemorating the honor awarded to a victorious Roman general by the Senate, a slave would have to accompany the honored while
![TIL the Roman Republic practiced human sacrifice to win the Second Punic War, by burying people alive. : r/todayilearned TIL the Roman Republic practiced human sacrifice to win the Second Punic War, by burying people alive. : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/til-the-roman-republic-practiced-human-sacrifice-to-win-the-v0-m3vGbbtn7ePcDwRgUoHIEwlh8C-VyeE9gTtmED9h0Ms.jpg?auto=webp&s=f2cf3184d22e15cdd5581d551ebcbec67f4f0153)