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    History and Silence. Purge and the Rehabilitation of Memory in Late Antiquity.


    Humphries, Mark and Hedrick Jr, C. W. (2004) History and Silence. Purge and the Rehabilitation of Memory in Late Antiquity. Classical Review, 54 (2). pp. 522-524.

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    Abstract

    In AD 431 a statue of the senator Virius Nicomachus Flavianus was erected in Trajan’s Forum at Rome. On its base was inscribed an imperial letter that rehabilitated Flavianus’ reputation (CIL 6. 1783). Flavianus had committed suicide after the usurper Eugenius, whose revolt he had supported, was defeated in 394. In the aftermath, Flavianus was subject to damnatio memoriae for his part in the rebellion. This disgrace and subsequent rehabilitation form the theme of H.’s study, which has at its heart a study of the inscription on the statue base.

    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: Late Antiquity
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > Ancient Classics
    Item ID: 359
    Depositing User: M Humphries
    Date Deposited: 31 Aug 2006
    Journal or Publication Title: Classical Review
    Publisher: Oxford University Press
    Refereed: Yes
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    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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