in the Roman antiquity, a lesser triumph, allowed to commanders for victories won without the effusion of blood; or for defeating a mean and inconsiderable enemy. The show generally began at the Albanian mountain, whence the general with his retinue made his entry into the city on foot, with many flutes or pipes sounding in concert as he passed along, and wearing a garland of myrtle as a token of peace. The term ovation, according to Servius, is derived from ovit, a sheep; because on this occasion the conqueror sacrificed a sheep, as in triumph he sacrificed a bull.