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Unreferenced|date=May 2010Original research|date=May 2010Other uses Victory (from Latin victoria ) is a term, originally applied to warfare , given to success achieved in personal Duel|combat , after military operations in general or, by extension, in any competition . Success in a military campaign is considered a strategic victory , while the success in a Engagement (military)|military engagement is a tactical victory .
In terms of human emotion , victory is accompanied with strong feelings of elation, and in human behaviour is often accompanied with movements and pose s paralleling threat display preceding the combat, associated with the excess endorphin built up preceding and during combat. Victory dances and victory cries similarly parallel war dance s and war cry|war cries performed before the outbreak of physical violence. Examples of victory behaviour reported in Roman antiquity, where the term originates, are the victory songs of the Batavi mercenaries serving under Gaius Julius Civilis after the victory over Quintus Petillius Cerialis in the Batavian rebellion of 69 AD (according to Tacitus ), and also the "abominable song" to Wodan , sung by the Lombards at their victory celebration in 579. The sacrificial animal was a goat, around whose head the Langobard danced in a circle while singing their victory hymn (see also Oslac ). In the Roman Republic , victories were celebrated by Roman triumph|triumph ceremonies and monuments such as victory column s (e.g. Trajan's Column ). A trophy is a token of victory taken from the defeated party, such as the enemy's weapons ( spolia ), or body parts (as in the case of head hunter s).
In mythology, victory is often deified, as in Greek Nike (mythology)|Nike or Roman Victoria (mythology)|Victoria . Archetype|Archetypical victories of good and evil|good over evil , or of light over dark etc. are a recurring theme in mythology and fairy tale s. The victorious agent is a hero , often portrayed as engaging in hand-to-hand combat with a monster (as Saint George slaying the dragon, Indra slaying Ahi, Thor slaying the Midgard Serpent etc.). Sol invictus ("Sun invincible") of Roman mythology became an epithet of Christ in Christian mythology . The resurrection of Christ is presented as a victory over Death and Sin by Paul of Tarsus ( 1 Corinthians 15:55; see also Jesus Christ in comparative mythology ).
Latinate victory from the 14th century replaces Old English sige (Gothic sigis , Old High German sigu ), a frequent element in Germanic names (as in Sigibert , Sigurd etc.), cognate to Celtic sego- and Sanskrit sahas .
Winged Victory of Samothrace originally Greek, being a form of the figure known as 'Nike' (Greek) or 'Victoria' (Latin) and used (by those nations forming any part of the 'western' alliance and wishing to participate with the exception of those from the Far East who used a different design) in the Inter-Allied Victory Medal in accordance with the agreement reached at the Treaty of Versailles|Inter-Allied Peace Conference held in Versailles, France in 1918.
Victoria Memorial, London United Kingdom (pre-war 1911 'Winged Victory' form, together with suggested relationship between 'victory' and 'peace' as generally available in documentary text and architecture in part cited in this article in 2012)
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