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damnatio memoriae: a standalone construct

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Classics

measures that erased or disgraced the memory of a condemned person, such as removing names and images, analyzed by Flower as Roman memory sanctions.

In classics, damnatio memoriae refers to measures that erased or disgraced the memory of a condemned person, such as removing names and images, analyzed by Flower as Roman memory sanctions. This meaning comes from Flower (2006) in The Art of Forgetting.[1]

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forgetting3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs memory6 fields · 18 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs person3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Flower, H. I. (2006). The Art of Forgetting. University of North Carolina Press. https://doi.org/10.5149/9780807877463_flower

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