LEADER 04218nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910780324503321 005 20230110224213.0 010 $a0-292-77937-2 010 $a0-292-79915-2 024 7 $a10.7560/731219 035 $a(CKB)111090425017230 035 $a(OCoLC)55889846 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10190649 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000171929 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11155786 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000171929 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10133223 035 $a(PQKB)10280439 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19329 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443067 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10190649 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7171724 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443067 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7171724 035 $a(DE-B1597)587205 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292799158 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111090425017230 100 $a19990426d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHistory and silence $epurge and rehabilitation of memory in late antiquity /$fCharles W. Hedrick, Jr 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aAustin :$cUniversity of Texas Press,$d2000. 215 $a1 online resource (xxvi, 338 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-292-73121-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [301]-320) and indexes. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- $tPREFACE -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $tCHAPTER 1 A PALIMPSEST -- $tCHAPTER 2 CURSUS AND CAREER -- $tCHAPTER 3 UNSPEAKABLE PAGANISM? -- $tCHAPTER 4 REMEMBERING TO FORGET The Damnatio Memoriae -- $tCHAPTER 5 SILENCE, TRUTH, AND DEATH The Commemorative Function of History -- $tCHAPTER 6 REHABILITATING THE TEXT Proofreading and the Past -- $tCHAPTER 7 SILENCE AND AUTHORITY Politics and Rehabilitation -- $tAPPENDIX Concerning the Text of CIL 6.1783 -- $tNOTES -- $tLIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- $tSECONDARY WORKS CITED -- $tGENERAL INDEX -- $tINDEX LOCORUM 330 $aThe 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 speak of him, and forbidding funeral observances and mourning. Paradoxically, however, while these practices dishonored the person's memory, they did not destroy it. Indeed, a later turn of events could restore the offender not only to public favor but also to re-inclusion in the public record. This book examines the process of purge and rehabilitation of memory in the person of Virius Nicomachus Flavianus(?-394). Charles Hedrick describes how Flavian was condemned for participating in the rebellion against the Christian emperor Theodosius the Great?and then restored to the public record a generation later as members of the newly Christianized senatorial class sought to reconcile their pagan past and Christian present. By selectively remembering and forgetting the actions of Flavian, Hedrick asserts, the Roman elite honored their ancestors while participating in profound social, cultural, and religious change. 606 $aInscriptions, Latin$zItaly$zRome 606 $aPalimpsests$zItaly$zRome 606 $aMemory$xSocial aspects$zItaly$zRome$xHistory 606 $aMonuments$xConservation and restoration$zItaly$zRome$xHistory 606 $aElite (Social sciences)$zItaly$zRome$xHistoriography 607 $aForum of Trajan (Rome, Italy) 607 $aRome$xPolitics and government$y284-476$xHistoriography 615 0$aInscriptions, Latin 615 0$aPalimpsests 615 0$aMemory$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aMonuments$xConservation and restoration$xHistory. 615 0$aElite (Social sciences)$xHistoriography. 676 $a937 700 $aHedrick$b Charles W.$f1956-$0223483 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780324503321 996 $aHistory and silence$9708425 997 $aUNINA