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Question: Damnatio Memoriae by Formal Senate Decree


guy

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Wikipedia defines damnatio memoriae:

 

Damnatio memoriae is the Latin phrase literally meaning "condemnation of memory" in the sense of a judgment that a person must not be remembered. It was a form of dishonor that could be passed by the Roman Senate upon traitors or others who brought discredit to the Roman State. The intent was to erase someone from history, a task somewhat easier in ancient times, when documentation was much sparser.

 

Caracalla subjected his murdered brother Geta to damnatio memoriae.

 

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Geta, however, did not undergo damnatio memoriae by official Senate decree.

 

I heard a Roman expert state that only two Emperors had their memories formally damned by the Senate: Domitian and Aemilian.

 

I've seen a long list of emperors whose memories were formally damned, however:

 

http://ancienthistor...erorsErased.htm

 

 

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