God “disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him” (Col 2:15).

I’m not sure what goes through your mind when you read the excerpt from Colossians above. But I do know what went through the minds of Paul’s contemporaries. A “triumph” was something like a mega-parade in an Empire filled with parades. It was a dramatic way of demonstrating the Empire’s power and dominance.