guy Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 (edited) 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. 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 Edited March 14, 2012 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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