“Damnatio Memoriae, or How to Erase Someone from History”

Wednesday - 08Aug2018 Filed in: Morality & Modern Life&Politics

“How do you remove the memory of a particularly bad emperor from the history books? Or what if your brother is just so annoying that you can't stand the sight of him anymore, and don't want to share power? You perform a damnatio memoriae, erase all inscriptions, destroy all public images, and pretend as if he never existed.”

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“Damnatio Memoriae, or How to Erase Someone from History”