Concept information
Preferred term
2095Damnatio memoriae
Broader concept
Scope note
- A procedure that appears in ancient Rome, according to which the Senate, the emperor, or even the army imposed a "condemnation of memory" on persons, who were considered dangerous for the safety of the state due to their actions. The punishment involved the elimination of any testimony of the person's existence and was accompanied by confiscation of his property, withdrawal, alteration, or destruction of sculptures and other illustrations and the scraping of his name from inscriptions and public texts etc.
Source
- Keppie 1991
- Varner 2004
- Μοσχονάς 2015
Contributor
- Katsiadakis Helen (AA)
Creator
- Chrysovitsanos Gerasimos (AA)
Notation
- 2095
In other languages
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Greek
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Latin
URI
https://humanitiesthesaurus.academyofathens.gr/dyas-resource/Concept/2095
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