Topic summary
Trophy of Augustus
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Tropaeum Alpium.
Interpretation
Set at the extremity of the Alps, the trophy of Augustus formed a counterpart to the one Pompey had erected at the eastern end of the Pyrenees after his victory over the towns allied with Sertorius. Where Pompey's monument had drawn criticism for commemorating a civil war, the trophy of Augustus, dedicated by the senate and people of Rome, remained beyond suspicion.