History and Silence : : Purge and Rehabilitation of Memory in Late Antiquity / / Charles W. Hedrick.
The ruling elite in ancient Rome sought to eradicate even the memory of their deceased opponents through a process now known as damnatio memoriae. These formal and traditional practices included removing the person's name and image from public monuments and inscriptions, making it illegal to sp...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2000 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (366 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CHAPTER 1 A PALIMPSEST
- CHAPTER 2 CURSUS AND CAREER
- CHAPTER 3 UNSPEAKABLE PAGANISM?
- CHAPTER 4 REMEMBERING TO FORGET The Damnatio Memoriae
- CHAPTER 5 SILENCE, TRUTH, AND DEATH The Commemorative Function of History
- CHAPTER 6 REHABILITATING THE TEXT Proofreading and the Past
- CHAPTER 7 SILENCE AND AUTHORITY Politics and Rehabilitation
- APPENDIX Concerning the Text of CIL 6.1783
- NOTES
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- SECONDARY WORKS CITED
- GENERAL INDEX
- INDEX LOCORUM