The Art of Forgetting: Disgrace & Oblivion in Roman Political Culture
(Part of the Studies in the History of Greece and Rome Series)
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Elite Romans periodically chose to limit or destroy the memory of a leading citizen who was deemed an unworthy member of the community. Sanctions against memory could lead to the removal or mutilation of portraits and public inscriptions. Harriet Flower provides the first chronological overview of the development of this Roman practice--an instruction to forget--from archaic times into the second century A.D. Flower explores Roman memory sanctions...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807871885
ISBN13:9780807871881
Release Date:February 2011
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:424 Pages
Weight:1.44 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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