Damnatio memoriae (Latin pronunciation: [damˈnaː.ti.oː meˈmo.ri.ae̯]) is a modern Latin phrase meaning "condemnation of memory", indicating that a person...

two brothers has been deliberately erased, very likely as part of damnatio memoriae. On the viewer's right is Septimius Severus, and to the left Julia...

ruler after his or her death or overthrow, a practice better known as damnatio memoriae. While iconoclasm may be carried out by adherents of a different religion...

became the final king of the 18th dynasty of Egypt, he carried out a damnatio memoriae campaign against his rival Ay by usurping Ay's mortuary temple, desecrating...

then persecuted and executed most of Geta's supporters and ordered a damnatio memoriae pronounced by the Senate against his brother's memory. Geta's image...

Beatrice d'Este (29 June 1475 – 3 January 1497) was Duchess of Bari and Milan by marriage to Ludovico Sforza (known as "il Moro"). She was one of the most...

Joseph Philo Bradley (March 14, 1813 – January 22, 1892) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States...

the phrase for such a drastic social/historical erasure came to be damnatio memoriae: damnation (of the) memory (of someone). Macrinus was born in Caesarea...

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particularly as references in scientific and mathematical research. Damnatio memoriae Encyclopædia Britannica Censorship in the Soviet Union Great Russian...

following her damnatio memoriae by a supporter who kept it in his home. Eric R. Varner, Mutilation and Transformation, Damnatio Memoriae and Roman Imperial...

coins now very rare. This rarity cannot be attributed to Caligula's damnatio memoriae reported by Dio, as removing his coins from circulation would have...

disgraced emperors was condemned posthumously, a practice known as damnatio memoriae. Champlin doubts that the practice is necessarily negative and notes...

effectively ceases to have a record of their existence within a society (damnatio memoriae), from a point of view of traceability, documentation, or existence...

John Wycliffe (/ˈwɪklɪf/; also spelled Wyclif, Wickliffe, and other variants; c. 1328 – 31 December 1384) was an English scholastic philosopher, theologian...

again barred from attending meetings of the Senate. The practice of damnatio memoriae—erasing from the public record a disgraced personage formerly of note—was...

had him murdered in her arms by centurions. Caracalla ordered the damnatio memoriae, which was thoroughly carried out, as is clear from the archaeological...

Aemilian's death, which happened between late July and mid-September, a damnatio memoriae against him was declared. It is possible that the usurper Silbannacus...

surrounded the patronage of the public works of this period. Issuing a damnatio memoriae, Constantine set out to systematically erase the memory of Maxentius...

Akhenaten (pronounced /ˌækəˈnɑːtən/), also spelled Akhenaton or Echnaton (Ancient Egyptian: ꜣḫ-n-jtn ʾŪḫə-nə-yātəy, pronounced [ˈʔuːχəʔ nə ˈjaːtəj], meaning...

The Nervan-Antonine dynasty ended in chaos. The Senate declared damnatio memoriae on Commodus, whose urban prefect Pertinax was declared emperor by...

The obliteration of Amalek's memory has been compared to the Latin damnatio memoriae by several European academics. The phrase can also be applied to anyone...

Carinus' memory was officially condemned in the Roman procedure known as damnatio memoriae. His name and that of his wife were erased from inscriptions. Anonymous...

having conspired with the former prefect. Following the issue of damnatio memoriae by the Senate, Sejanus' statues were torn down and his name obliterated...

short and because his successor, Horemheb, instigated a campaign of damnatio memoriae against him and the other pharaohs associated with the unpopular Amarna...

Domitian, and immediately following Nerva's accession as Emperor, passed damnatio memoriae on Domitian's memory; his coins and statues were melted, his arches...

Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander (1 October 208 – 21/22 March 235), also known as Alexander Severus, was Roman emperor from 222 until 235. The last emperor...

her untimely death, prompting scholars to suggest the issuance of a damnatio memoriae against her by her brother. Isabella de' Medici was born in Florence...

Egyptologists presumed that the erasures were similar to the Roman damnatio memoriae. Egyptologist Donald Redford says that this was not borne out of hatred...

Maximinus Thrax (Latin: Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus "Thrax"; c. 173 – 238) was a Roman emperor from 235 to 238. Born of Thracian origin – giving the nickname...