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What was damnatio memoriae? How to get cancelled in Ancient Rome

  • Written by Michael Hanaghan, Senior Research Fellow in Latin Christianity in Late Antiquity, Australian Catholic University
What was damnatio memoriae? How to get cancelled in Ancient RomeMunzir Rosdi/Shutterstock

People throughout history have deliberately tried to forget corrupt or criminal leaders who offend the public’s sense of morality or justice. The term damnatio memoriae (“condemnation of memory”) describes this kind of deliberate forgetting in ancient times.

Damnatio memoriae refers to the deliberate...

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