Triumph of Camillus (Dictator) over Veii – 396 b.c. (Livy 5.23)

Camillus’ triumph comes after 10 years of siege at Etruscan Veii.

...when the capture of Veii was announced in Rome,

after so many years of undecided warfare and numerous defeats,

the rejoicing was as great as if there had been no hope of success.

Anticipating the order of the senate, all the temples were filled with Roman

mothers offering thanksgivings to the gods. The senate ordered that the

public thanksgivings should be continued for four days, a longer period

than for any previous war. The arrival of the Dictator, too,

whom all classes poured out to meet, was welcomed by a greater

concourse than that of any general before. His triumph went

far beyond the usual mode of celebrating the day; himself the

most conspicuous object of all, he was drawn into the City by

a team of white horses, which men thought unbecoming even for a

mortal man, let alone a Roman citizen. They saw with superstitious

alarm the Dictator putting himself on a level in his equipage with Jupiter

and Sol, and this one circumstance made his triumph more brilliant

than popular. After this he signed a contract for building the

temple of Queen Juno on the Aventine and dedicated one to

Matuta the Mother. After having thus discharged his duties to gods

and men he resigned his Dictatorship.

Marcellus’ Triumph Bid (2^nd Punic War) – 211 b.c. (Livy 22.21)

Marcellus, one of the few bright spots for Rome in the years after Hannibal’s momentous victories at Lake Trasimene (217) and Cannae (216), seeks a triumph from the Senate but must settle for less – an ‘ovation’

26.21

Towards the end of this summer M. Marcellus left Sicily for Rome. On his
arrival in the City he was granted an audience of the senate in the Temple
of Bellona. After giving a report of his campaign and gently protesting on
his own behalf and on that of his soldiers against not being allowed to
bring them home, though he had completely pacified the province, he
requested to be allowed to enter the City in triumph. After a lengthy debate
his request was refused. On the one hand, it was argued, it was most
inconsistent to refuse him a triumph now that he was on the spot after the
way in which the news of his successes in Sicily had been received, and
public thanksgivings and special rites ordered while he was still in his
province. Against this it was alleged that as the senate had ordered him to
hand over his army to his successor, it was a proof that a state of war
still existed in the province, and he could not enjoy a triumph since he had
not brought the war to a close, nor was his army present to testify as to
whether he deserved a triumph or not. They decided upon a middle course, he
was to be allowed an ovation. The tribunes of the plebs were authorised by
the senate to propose as an ordinance to the people "that for the day on
which he entered the City in ovation M. Marcellus should retain his
command."
The day previous to this he celebrated his triumph on the Alban Mount. From
there he marched into the City in ovation. An enormous quantity of spoil was
carried before him together with a model of Syracuse at the time of its
capture. Catapults and ballistae and all the engines of war taken from the
city were exhibited in the procession, as were also the works of art which
had been accumulated in royal profusion during the long years of peace.
These included a number of articles in silver and bronze, pieces of
furniture, costly garments and many famous statues with which Syracuse, like
all the principal cities of Greece, had been adorned. To signalise his
victories over the Carthaginians eight elephants were led in the procession.
Not the least conspicuous feature of the spectacle was the sight of Sosis
the Syracusan and Moericus the Spaniard who marched in front wearing golden
crowns. The former had guided the nocturnal entry into Syracuse, the latter
had been the agent in the surrender of Nasos and its garrison. Each of these
men received the full Roman citizenship and 500 jugera of land. 

2x Triumph of Livius & Nero (2^nd Punic) – 207 b.c.(Livy 28.9)

An exceptional triumph in which two Roman generals triumph together.

Just at the close of this summer Quintus Fabius, the son of Maximus, who was
on the staff of the consul M. Livius, came to Rome to inform the senate that
the consul considered L. Porcius and his legions sufficient for the defence
of Gaul, in which case he, Livius, and his consular army might be safely
withdrawn. The senate recalled not only Livius, but his colleague as well,
but the instructions given to each differed. M. Livius was ordered to bring
his troops back, but Nero's legions were to remain in their province,
confronting Hannibal. The consuls had been in correspondence with each other
and had agreed that as they had been of the same mind in their conduct of
public affairs, so, though coming from opposite directions, they should
approach the City at the same time. Whichever should be the first to reach
Praeneste was to wait there for his colleague, and, as it happened, they
both arrived there on the same day. After despatching a summons for the
senate to meet at the temple of Bellona in three days' time they went on
together towards the City. The whole population turned out to meet them with
shouts of welcome, and each tried to grasp the consuls' hands;
congratulations and thanks were showered upon them for having, by their
efforts, rendered the commonwealth safe. When the senate was assembled they
followed the precedent set by all victorious generals and laid before the
House a report of their military operations. Then they made request that in
recognition of their energetic and successful conduct of public affairs
special honours should be rendered to the gods and they, the consuls, should
be allowed to enter the City in triumph The senators passed a decree that
their request should be granted out of gratitude to the gods in the first
place, and then, next to the gods, out of gratitude to the consuls. A solemn
thanksgiving was decreed on their behalf, and each of them was allowed to
enjoy a triumph.
As they had been in perfect agreement as to the management of their
campaign, they decided that they would not have separate triumphs, and the
following arrangement was made: As the victory had been won in the province
assigned to Livius, and as it had fallen to him to take the auspices on the
day of battle, and further, as his army had been brought back to Rome,
whilst Nero's army was unable to leave its province, it was decided that
Livius should ride in the chariot at the head of his soldiers, and C.
Claudius Nero alone on horseback. The triumph thus shared between them
enhanced the glory of both, but especially of the one who allowed his
comrade to surpass him in honour as much as he himself surpassed him in
merit. "That horseman," men said to one another, "traversed Italy from end
to end in six days, and at the very time when Hannibal believed him to be
confronting him in Apulia he was fighting a pitched battle with Hasdrubal in
Gaul. So one consul had checked the advance of two generals, two great
captains from the opposite corners of Italy, by opposing his strategy to the
one and meeting the other in person. The mere name of Nero had sufficed to
keep Hannibal quiet in his camp, and as to Hasdrubal, what brought about his
defeat and destruction but Nero's arrival in the field? The one consul may
ride in a chariot with as many horses as he pleases, the real triumph
belongs to the other who is borne on horseback through the City; even if he
went on foot Nero's renown would never die, whether through the glory he
acquired in war, or the contempt he showed for it in his triumph." These and
similar remarks from the spectators followed Nero till he reached the
Capitol. The money they brought into the treasury amounted to 300,000
sesterces and 80,000 of bronze coinage. M. Livius' largesse to his soldiers
amounted to fifty six ases per man, and C. Nero promised to give the same
amount to his men as soon as he rejoined his army. It is remarked that in
their jests and songs the soldiers on that day celebrated the name of C.
Claudius Nero more frequently than that of their own consul; and that the
members of the equestrian order were full of praises for L. Veturius and Q.
Caecilius, and urged the plebs to make them consuls for the coming year. The
consuls added considerably to the weight of this recommendation when on the
morrow they informed the Assembly with what courage and fidelity the two
officers had served them.