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Category:Ritual trampling

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{{en|Ritual trampling (also known by its Latin name ''calcatio'' or the Greek term ''trachelismos'') is an ancient ritual, common in triumphal art and ceremonial, denoting the utter submission of a vanquished enemy. The defeated enemy prostrates himself or lies on the ground before the victorious rule, who symbolically steps on the former's neck}}
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{{en|Ritual trampling (also known by its Latin name ''calcatio colli'' or the Greek term ''trachelismos'') is an ancient ritual, common in triumphal art and ceremonial, denoting the utter submission of a vanquished enemy. The defeated enemy prostrates himself or lies on the ground before the victorious rule, who symbolically steps on the former's neck (''collis'', ''trachelos'')}}

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