Damnatio memoriae
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[[File:Portrait of family of Septimius Severus - Altes Museum - Berlin - Germany 2017.jpg|thumb|The ''[[Severan Tondo]]'', {{c.|199{{spaces}}AD}} [[tondo (art)|tondo]] of the [[Severan dynasty|Severan family]], with portraits of [[Septimius Severus]], [[Julia Domna]], and their sons [[Caracalla]] and [[Geta (emperor)|Geta]]. The face of one of Severus' and Julia's sons has been erased; it may be Geta's, as a result of the {{lang|la|damnatio memoriae}} ordered by his brother Caracalla after Geta's death.]] |
[[File:Portrait of family of Septimius Severus - Altes Museum - Berlin - Germany 2017.jpg|thumb|The ''[[Severan Tondo]]'', {{c.|199{{spaces}}AD}} [[tondo (art)|tondo]] of the [[Severan dynasty|Severan family]], with portraits of [[Septimius Severus]], [[Julia Domna]], and their sons [[Caracalla]] and [[Geta (emperor)|Geta]]. The face of one of Severus' and Julia's sons has been erased; it may be Geta's, as a result of the {{lang|la|damnatio memoriae}} ordered by his brother Caracalla after Geta's death.]] |
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'''{{lang|la|Damnatio memoriae}}''' ({{IPA|la-x-classic|damˈnaːti.oː mɛˈmɔri.ae̯}}) is a modern [[Latin]] phrase meaning "condemnation of memory" or "damnation of memory", indicating that a person is to be excluded from official accounts,{{cite book | last1=Hedrick | first1=Charles W. | title=History and Silence: Purge and Rehabilitation of Memory in Late Antiquity | date=January 2010 | publisher=University of Texas Press | isbn=978-0-292-77937-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8VhfAgAAQBAJ&dq=damnatio%20memoriae&pg=PA1 }} or remembered after death in a way contrary to what that person may have desired.{{Cite web |last=Discentes |date=2020-08-21 |title=Damnatio Memoriae: On Facing, Not Forgetting, Our Past |url=https://web.sas.upenn.edu/discentes/2020/08/21/damnatio-memoriae-on-facing-not-forgetting-our-past/ |access-date=2026-03-30 |website=Discentes |language=en-ZA}} There are and have been many routes to {{lang|la|damnatio memoriae}} including the destruction of depictions, the removal of names from inscriptions and documents, and even large-scale rewritings of history. |
'''{{lang|la|Damnatio memoriae}}''' ({{IPA|la-x-classic|damˈnaːti.oː mɛˈmɔri.ae̯}}) is a modern [[Latin]] phrase meaning "condemnation of memory" or "damnation of memory", indicating that a person is to be excluded from official accounts,{{cite book | last1=Hedrick | first1=Charles W. | title=History and Silence: Purge and Rehabilitation of Memory in Late Antiquity | date=January 2010 | publisher=University of Texas Press | isbn=978-0-292-77937-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8VhfAgAAQBAJ&dq=damnatio%20memoriae&pg=PA1 }} or remembered after death in a way contrary to what that person may have desired.{{Cite web |last=Discentes |date=2020-08-21 |title=Damnatio Memoriae: On Facing, Not Forgetting, Our Past |url=https://web.sas.upenn.edu/discentes/2020/08/21/damnatio-memoriae-on-facing-not-forgetting-our-past/ |access-date=2026-03-30 |website=Discentes |language=en-ZA}} There are and have been many routes to {{lang|la|damnatio memoriae}} including the destruction of depictions, the removal of names from inscriptions and documents, and even large-scale rewritings of history. In the United Kingdom and Japan, instances of ''damnatio memoriae''-esque policy instituted without governmental decree have surrounded [[Jimmy Savile]] and [[Johnny Kitagawa]] due to the revelations of their prolific sexual abuse crimes. |
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== Etymology == |
== Etymology == |
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