Imperial Roman Triumph from Ben-Hur

Scene from Ben-Hur (1959)

[@ragejoona431]

The Emperor only has this one scene, but you can really feel the power this man has.

[@LanaVegana]

I think there are a couple more scenes he's in.

[@andrewbennett9916]

@Nemanja ĆIrić there is another scene, where he talks to Jack Hawkins

[@Maciliachris]

@Bb Sz Is that so? I'm not very knowledgeable about Ancient Rome, but I'm doing medieval reenactment. And in this particular domain, people often confound average life expectancy with the age one can reach when being lucky. Stillborn childs dramatically reduce average life expectancy in the Middle Ages to around 30 years, but what this means is that for every dead newborn, one other person reached the age of 60, and there are a lot of examples of older people. So, you are surely correct that there would be much less old people back then than today, especially amongst the common people. But I wouldn't be surprised that powerful and influential people would become old if they managed to survive assassination attemps or illness. Casear died age 55 assassinated Pompeius died age 57, assassinated Crassus died age 62 in battle Augustus died age 75 of natural death or poisoning Important to see is that except emperor Augustus, all of the mentioned were still in full fighting capabilities, no one expected them to be close to their death by age. So, while your general comment about people often dying around 40/50 is probably correct in general, I don't think that it is completely wrong for a movie to show old senators or emperors.

[@jtgd]

@Bb Sz there were a notable amount that died in their old age. Augustus died of old age, so did Tiberius?, Claudius, Marcus Aurelius and others

[@txorimorea3869]

Not with the cheap orange rags he is wearing.

[@SkippertheBart]

1:56 "If I'd wanted to reach over there for it, I'd have put my hand over there." That quiet, arrogant display, while unscripted, sets up the emperor's character so well. Absolute power, spoiled rotten.

[@thunderbird1921]

Tiberius is the emperor in this film IIRC. Virtually EVERY Roman emperor had an ego the size of the empire (it's almost comical how huge and numerous the monuments they built for themselves are).

[@SkippertheBart]

@@thunderbird1921 Well, as monuments go, they accomplished their work. We remember them still.

[@steveconkey7362]

Who said it was unscripted? Of course it was scripted.

[@graceskerp]

@@thunderbird1921 Well, monuments were necessary, their version of scoring Time's Man of the Year. Monuments were the New York Times or the Guardian; wall graffiti were the tabloids.

[@getass3290]

@@thunderbird1921 Tiberius in particular was very arrogant some emperors earned the right to feel this way others like Tiberius did not.

[@breakingtoast2255]

this how I want to be remembered when I receive my employee of the month award

[@DinoMaRenAlva]

Breaking good LOL

[@hoodmonk]

LOL

[@wrongreasly3201]

Amen.

[@rexspence9657]

LOLOLOLOLOL I HOPE SO!!!!

[@donnovicki9771]

Yes my Praetor

[@gdgopaul]

The scene is classic. Look at the Emperor's expression when the guy's not paying attention who hands him the baton. LOL!!!

[@TheRomanRuler]

I think that is scepter. But yeah.

[@graceskerp]

According to "Making Of" back stories, that moment was unrehearsed, but it was so appropriate that Wyler kept it in.

[@wrybreadspread]

A good decision

[@jedchristian3423]

Its that time when Tiberius has not been "yet" catched by the sickness called, psychopath.

[@timengineman2nd714]

@@jedchristian3423 Probably caused by lead poisoning. (Really! They used lead pitchers for acidic drinks like wine, and certain fruits. Plus basically everything that they ate off of, plumbing pipes, etc., etc. was lead!!! The poorer people used clay pottery for these things!)

[@richardhall4502]

Ah. Miklos Rozsa! No one else did "Roman" music as exciting as his.

[@wrybreadspread]

Rocza rules. No doubt about

[@김길동-j9z]

With Dmitry Tiomkin Miklos Rozsa ~ Hungary is bron Dmitry Tiomkin ~ Russia is born

[@elxaime]

The Emperor looked at his servant like he was a Starbucks Barista who brought him a Java Chip Frappucino when he'd ordered a Matcha Green Tea Creme.

[@jec1ny]

LOL

[@taciodasilva8291]

No CGI massive number of people. These were real good movies.

[@yvonneplant9434]

Took tremendous skill. Obviously. And talent.

[@CLASSICALFAN100]

Jack Hawkins 100% DESERVED his Academy Award for his performance! Just look at him climbing the stairs at ~ 1:12, every inch a triumphant Roman general!

[@DesertAres]

Admiral?

[@sthomas2592]

Heston should have been driving the chariot tho.

[@brianhill5009]

Hawkins did not win any Academy Award for Ben-Hur or any of his other films. The Best Supporting Actor award in Ben-Hur went to Hugh Griffith for his part as the Arab owning Ben-Hur's chariot horses.

[@LordVader1094]

@@brianhill5009 Yeah, that's why OP said he deserved it.

[@marcolfo100]

@@brianhill5009 Hawkins was one of the better actors of all times

[@eternalvirgin2227]

Me and the Boys after our Fishing Trip

[@DesertAres]

This is the best triumphal music ever. I remember it from the movie like it was yesterday. What a set, what costumes! No graffiti, no trash, no dirty clothes, no poor people and a main street and forum grander than any ever dreamed of by any Roman, lol. The Hollywood Roman costumes with the peach colored plumed helmet for the commander, no cheek guards and barely a neck guard for the common soldiers who all in Hollywood style of course must have crests in their helmets. Thanks for uploading this!!!

[@kamion53]

that was kind of refreshing when HBO produced the serie showing how dirty and stinky a city like Rome really, was full of narrow streets and crampy living.

[@DesertAres]

@@kamion53 very true. Big budget movies from this period always glossed over the dirt, poverty of the average Roman. However since this is Imperial Rome, the triumphal march was probably done in the very good part of town away from the neighborhoods. If you know Washington DC, it’s pretty much the same. Pennsylvania Ave from the White House is kept up with Neo Classical bldgs and is a very broad street.

[@RepentJC]

Whoever's reading this, I pray that you repent of your sins, you turn to Jesus Christ, you confess Him as your Lord and Savior, and you inherit the good eternal life. AMEN!

[@gerardvanwilgen9917]

​@@RepentJC But what if the Roman gods are real? Better pray to Jupiter too, just in case!

[@ernstmuller9830]

Die ist einer der besten Moviesounds der Filmgeschichte!!!

[@greenleader4517]

strength and honor

[@marconargi128]

2000 ANNI DI STORIA GLORIOSA IL MONDO NN HA MAI VISTO NULLA DI SIMILE

[@Internume]

Non ti preoccupare, un giorno noi Italiani faremo rinascere Roma.

[@marconargi128]

E QUEL GIORNO IL MONDO RITROVERA' LA LUCE

[@hectorx1234]

Internume Ave Roma Aeterna.... Let it be so...

[@xaveriusmolinach.7490]

S. Alexander De La Rosa ROMANVS VICTRIX

[@giusepperometta2634]

Si , ma ora non ci resta che Dolce e Gabbana (

[@ghostdivision7]

The only thing this scene misses is a slave on the back of the carriage whispering memento mori, memento moir, memento mori...

[@kaboom138]

2:14 The Force is strong with this one! lol

[@joshuajude4412]

I love how one hand movement quietens the crowd

[@silviatanase3267]

ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES ever MADE. ( Kon ).

[@00Kuja00]

This Rome feels more alive than the one from The Gladiator (2000).

[@JessicaChastainFan]

Gladiator's Rome was pitiful by comparison.

[@agnusdeiquitollispecatamundi]

To be fair, the Emperor during Gladiator was indeed an incompetent scoundrel. So the grim theme of the movie was fitting.

[@MaxPotentialGreatness]

@@JessicaChastainFanyeah i believe the movie is overrated

[@samdumond6501]

Greece is the mother of Europe, but Rome is certainly the father

[@frankgesuele6298]

The Glory of Greece. The Grandeur of Rome🦅

[@A.G.798]

Eine wundervolle Szene, mit der Seeschlacht die Beste im gesamten Film, man spürt die Kraft und Macht des Imperiums, als der göttliche Kaiser Tiberius den Sieges und Marschallstab dem Arius übergibt! Dazu kommt noch die fantastische imperiale Musik, die einfach eine Gänsehaut macht. Toller Film, so etwas wird heutzutage nicht mehr Produziert, leider. Heil Arius !

[@thecowboy9698]

What an honor for Judah, from Galley slave to riding next to a conquering general of the greatest empire in the world at that time. Though not always, it does go to show how doing the right thing can lead to unsurprising benefits and rewards. Edit: Never do the right thing for what you might receive, do it because it's the right thing to do.

[@bronsongt]

This makes me proud to be Italian!

[@adventurer00821]

+bronsongt me too.. Gladiator makes me proud too.

[@simonecoletta3146]

Peter Navarini e allora perché parlate inglese?

[@guidoharmeling5872]

Sorry to disappoint you, but the Romans originally came from Romania NOT Italy.

[@jtgd]

Guido Harmeling Romania is named after the Romans. The Ancients Romans originate from around Greece to Asia minor

[@KiLleRaBo0oG]

hope you are sarcastic because if you are not you are very uneducated

[@bigz4302]

what an understatement

[@Nobleshield]

1:57 the emperor (that is the Emperor, right? Been a long time since I saw Ben Hur) is like "Umm.. do you expect me to take this myself?!" to his aide. Hilarious expression for some reason.

[@robertdawson207]

One of my cats wants to be honored thus.

[@richardthomas5362]

Only one of them?

[@CaphalorTributes]

there is no emperor in movie history like him. How else silenced a crowd with a tiny gesture of his hand like this #goat

[@tacyak198]

The triumphator's face would have been painted red, making him a symbolic representation of Mars. The procession would go along the via sacra through the forum, up to the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on the Capitoline hill. There is a sort-of legend that a slave would have ridden behind the consul, and whispered into his ear reminding him that he was not a god, just a mortal. The procession would have begun with spoils of war, and prisoners...the most important of which would have been executed at the end of the procession. Caesar kept Vercingetorix alive for YEARS just so he could be executed during his triumph! The consul's legions would follow, making it the only time an army was allowed to cross the sacred city boundary (the pomerium) under arms. The senate had to approve of a triumph, and there was a lesser award called an ovation for those not deemed worthy enough to celebrate one. Consuls might have at times camped for weeks or even months with their army outside of the city, waiting for approval. It marked the high point of a man's political career during the republican period if it was awarded. The crowds would have also been quite rowdy! I think out of all of the depictions of a triumph, HBO's Rome got it most accurate, at least in terms of depicting a generic triumph, and not so much the specifics of Julius Caesar's. I'm speaking from the viewpoint of the republican period, at least during the second and first centuries BC. I'm not sure how much the triumph changed after Augustus! Consuls no longer commanded legions. Instead legates chosen by the emperor did.

[@TeutonicKnight92]

only an Imperator can triumph, for a general to want or conduct one would be seen as rebellion. That said triumphs were held to honour the Emperor's "victories"

[@jamesrivera4947]

Fame is fleeting.--Patton

[@kamion53]

also the triumphator would not wear a military outfit but the toga picta ( god and purple) The senate not only had to give their approval, the senators also walked themselves in the triumphus., they came next after the display of spoils of war and scenes of the war. the chariot shown in the Holywood pictures is the same type as in the chariot races, but actuall it was a four wheel chariot big enough to have the familie of the triumphator in it too. These Holywood scenes are pretty impressive of course, but had not much in common with historical accuracy.

[@DesertAres]

@@TeutonicKnight92 This is Hollywood, you think there was a military industrial complex turning out exact copies of uniforms? And a Roman military official wearing what colored plumes-peach or ochre?

[@TeutonicKnight92]

@@DesertAres I didn’t say anything about the uniforms I mentioned then generals in the imperial period don’t get triumphs

[@angbandsbane]

I've never been the type to say "Actors back then were all so good"--no fan of MST3K/Rifftrax is lol--but scenes like this make you appreciate where that sentiment comes from. Emperor Tiberius here only has one, maybe two, scenes but you can just *feel* the authority and power the actor gives him (which, ironically, may have been lacking in the real Tiberius at this point--fascinating man by the way. Look up Tiberius if you can read between the lines and are in the mood for a tragedy)

[@robertgreer4296]

The Glory of Rome.

[@Jelkiin]

They’re not all cubes, someone lied to me…

[@guadalupestirado92]

Beautiful Music

[@m.cl.ballista4642]

Ea incredibilis auditu, filii Aeneae posse faci!!!

[@m.cl.ballista4642]

As a Roman, I like this video. Immense hard work leads to triumphs. Body and mind 100% dedicated to Rome will make any man free and strong like no other before or after. ( listen many times over this song, so you can have an idea of what fruits your hard work and dedication to the highest human challenges will bring to you).

[@JulioMolina-c6l]

the music of the romans is great.

[@samsmith2635]

"remember, thou art mortal, remember thou art mortal, remember thou art mortal..."

[@martinzitnak8547]

roman emperor was Tiberuius, George Relph played Tiberius

[@quickjchn7039]

the Roman empire was unique and lasted a thousand years and nodule the western world 🏛️🏛️🏛️🏛️

[@redcardinalist]

What a feeling it must have been to be at a Triumph like this.😮 You might well be living in poverty and squalor in an insulae but being present at something like reminded you that you were a citizen in the greatest empire in the known world.

[@frankgesuele6298]

Makes a ticket tape parade look small.

[@NexusCool1]

When i didn't know nothing about matte painting effects in movies and knowing that computers could do this only in late 90s....I was so confused how did they make that huge set? :)))

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Nah, they literally rebuild Roma!

[@fredyledezma9185]

Grande sea por siempre la Gloria de Roma

[@agostinialfredo6998]

Il film interamente girato a Roma Studios Cinecittà

[@wolverinefangowings]

Girls walking back from gym class: thank god that's over Boys walking back from gym class:

[@brettstarks1846]

Now *that* is what you call command presence.

[@charlesphillips1468]

That's me when I arrive for work every morning.

[@albertovillamarin6947]

Una 💎 del 🎥 clásico de 🏛️

[@TheRomanRuler]

This scene is far cooler than anything i see in modern movies. Either movies should be realistic and historically accurate, or they should be awesome and epic like this classic.

[@chadkingoffuckmountain970]

TheRomanRuler well if they were awesome and epic, people would bitch about it being innacurate

[@DesertAres]

You are exactly right. There are so many things wrong with his entrance. Heston shouldn't have been there at all, a slave would hold a wreath over him, and certainly he wouldn't be wearing a yellow/ochre/peach group of feathers in his helmet and certainly not wearing a cape with the Greek key design border. There is a multitude of errors,--- but it is all Hollywood, accuracy goes out the window and grandeur and spectacle are created to make the audience feel immersed in what they think Rome, et.al. should look like.

[@peterkiraly1058]

@@DesertAres I'm no expert at Roman history (I only studied the "usual" amount at school and some Roman Law at the university) but is the victory procession in Quo Vadis more accurate? As far as I remember, there was a slave there behind Marcus Vinicius who constantly told him he was only a mortal.

[@DesertAres]

@@peterkiraly1058 Yes that is correct. But in general never, never take what Hollywood movies purport to show as historical anything. Experts could find at least 10 mistakes in this scene alone.

[@crestvilla711]

I like this march even better than Parade of the Charioteers which was great. Miklós Rózsa was the man for monumental movie themes.

[@nestorrivera8137]

espectacular !!

[@raymondspada4684]

Indeed !, Byzantium was the continuation of "Rome" !

[@victo8286]

Música extraordinaria

[@DumpsterFire.92]

Hail, Caesar! _Hail,_ yes!

[@slavhardbass8519]

Viva Roma ! Ave Caesar !

[@JoeSmith-vs5sy]

I was there in a past life.

[@adilsonmartins1494]

Triumph total é muito filme e muita emoção somente no BEN HUR

[@Db64o]

Rozsa compositore eccelso

[@jcolbyt82]

Wow the marching band sounds really good. Perfect tuning for a bunch of instruments with no valves! 😂🤪🤪

[@Charliecomet82]

It's good to be the Emperor!

[@frankgesuele6298]

Mel agrees😀

[@A350Airways]

The music from this scene is also used in Caesar 3 for a city 7k+ in population...

[@alfredoreitano3426]

🌊 BEN HUR IL FILM PIÙ COLOSSALE E SPETTACOLARE DELLA STORIA DEL CINEMA* 📽️

[@kyliam80]

It's really amazing to see. In these days there were no CGI...so if you needed a big crowd?. Guess what, you hired a few thousand extras off the street and paid them a few bucks to stand there and cheer like an idiot lol.

[@TheCagamerda]

i m p e r i a l

[@sivayamsiva9343]

Wonderful cini clip of Ben -Her

[@bigbossiswatchingyou4624]

The best movie about Roman Empire along with The Gladiator

[@theemperor1363]

And QVO VADIS

[@grf15]

I get a kick out of the fact they play essentially the same music before the chariot race, using different instruments.

[@colinstafford7846]

And no CGI in sight real people in teal crowds.

[@agostinialfredo6998]

Ave Tiberius Roman imperator

[@leeblount7046]

Anybody that has been to Rome knows there's not that much flat area like the street they show in this scene and the streets were certainly not that wide.

[@themeditteranian8365]

Best uniform to date still no matter where in the world you go they all know you're roman

[@satishkamtikar958]

He has to climb so many stairs

[@trajananevski6335]

THE GOD

[@luplow82]

remember that you are only human

[@johnchristiancanda3320]

"Prinsipe Abante" brought me here.

[@charlesstuart7290]

There is a clip of this in Spanish - seemed even more authentic.

[@igap6304]

Link?

[@williampaz2092]

Tiberius must have been really worried over the Macedonian Fleet. This particular Emperor did not grant Triumphs lightly.

[@thunderbird1921]

It actually makes some sense pirates and raiders like that would worry him. Rome imported MASSIVE amounts of their food (including grain) from the provinces to keep the city properly fed, among other things. To stop these fleets (and as the film suggests, destroy them entirely) would make the commander a considerable hero. This triumph parade does seem scaled down a bit though, compared to those for generals who conquered new lands. What an incredible scene regardless!

[@AmericanWarrior1776]

Did he make it out of the friend zone or something?

[@nozyspy4967]

Caesar 3 Music!

[@victo8286]

Lo máximo

[@marconargi128]

AVE AUGUSTO AVE CESARE AVE ROMA !!!

[@xaveriusmolinach.7490]

Marco Nargi ROMANVS VICTRIX

[@xaveriusmolinach3719]

Xaverius Molina Ch. ROMANVS VICTRIX

[@tiberiuscaesar1925]

Ave Tiberius Caesar

[@akumakumakuma1]

wow, there used to be good music before hip hop

[@Tyrfingr]

Everything people percieve as great moments in history just has to be angled in favour of christianity.... All the time.

[@poilochien]

tsouin tsouin tsouin ! tsouin tsouin tsouin tsouin ! ! ! 😀

[@Awacs0808]

vanity vanity all is vanity

[@saikrishnak8631]

2:10 imagine if he was a praetorian guard.

[@adler9213]

Victory ✌

[@alfredoagostini8213]

Rome quenn of the world

[@donaldlerman9704]

Wasn't this piece of music also from que vadus?

[@Amine06200]

by merit , not by birth

[@sammywestenberger9303]

MIKLOS ROSZA Isolated Score Victory ✌️ Parade

[@ranapratapsingh3416]

We have to remember the contribution of Roman empire to the world.

[@joseignacio512]

Glory.... And they're all dead now...

[@Gromitdog1]

The emperor looks like Will Ferrell.

[@Milordvega]

Ave Miklós Rózsa!

[@hawaiianperson85]

This is emperor Tiberius correct?

[@marcononloso5704]

Yes second emperor

[@alfredoagostini8213]

Senatus populusque Romanus! Ave Roma

[@nicktrapani4129]

That good ha!

[@z1bladerunner]

This did NOT happen to mere generals (unless they were like Augustus or Vespasian and seized power.

[@israellopezdiasgonzales5911]

Qatar 2022.

[@Dakers11]

So, Tiberius here! Is Augustus(Octavian's) adopted son. Is being asked by Arias to Pardon his adopted son (#41)Judah?

[@surajratti1329]

The Emperor of Rome says to his top Military Commnder who is the man riding besides you the Commander his I will tell tomorrow Divine Emperor

[@sam77467]

This is how I want to receive my crown of glory from the Lord of the Ages. Jesus Christ King of Kings and Lord of Lords. ❤😅

[@aarongranda7825]

Same music from quo vadis.

[@weswolever7477]

Sic transit gloria mundi

[@francesco983]

E che c'entra con questo post.... hai sparato una cazzata a sproposito per apparire colto e letterato. A PERACOTTARO!