War trophies
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History of the Peloponnesian War
Monuments erected on the battlefield by the victors to commemorate success in each engagement.
After this, the Syracusans erected a trophy, both for their sea-fight, and for the interception of the heavy-armed above, at the wall, where they als took the horses;
After the battle had been thus obstinately disputed, and many ships and men destroyed on both sides, the Syracusans and allies, having gained the victory, took up their wrecks and dead, and then sailed away to the city, and erected a trophy.
Hellenica
Monuments erected repeatedly on battlefields by victors to mark their triumphs, from Pygela to Ephesus, Andros, and Notium.
So the Ephesians set up a trophy there and a second at Coressus.
they also captured about two hundred shields and set up a trophy.
Accordingly Alcibiades set up a trophy, and after remaining there a few days, sailed to Samos, and from Samos as a base prosecuted the war.