History and silence : purge and rehabilitation of memory in late antiquity

History and silence : purge and rehabilitation of memory in late antiquity /

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The ruling elite in ancient Rome sought to eradicate even the memory of their deceased opponents through a process now known as damnatio memoriae. These formal and traditional practices included removing the person's name and image from public monuments and inscriptions, making it illegal to sp...

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Main Author: Hedrick, Charles W., Jr., 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2000
Subjects:
Flavianus, Virius Nicomachus, > approximately 334-394.
Inscriptions, Latin > Italy > Rome.
Palimpsests > Italy > Rome.
Memory > Social aspects > Italy > Rome > History.
Monuments > Conservation and restoration > Italy > Rome > History.
Elite (Social sciences) > Italy > Rome > Historiography.
Forum of Trajan (Rome, Italy)
Rome > Politics and government > 284-476 > Historiography.
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