Triumphal COLUMN, a column erected among the ancients in honour of a hero; the joints of the stones, or courses whereof, were covered with as many crowns as he had made different military expeditions. Each crown had its particular name, as vallaris, which was beset with spikes, in memory of having forced a passade. Muralis, adorned with little turrets, or battlements, for having mounted an assault. Navalis, of prows and beaks of vessels; for having overcome at sea. Obfisionalis, or gramnalis, of grass; for having raised a siege. Ovans, of myrtle; which expressed an ovation, or little triumph; and triumphalis, of laurel, for a grand triumph. See CROWN.