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damnatio memoriae

ancient Roman punishment by removing a person's name, depictions, and reference to them from official records, up to rewritings of histories
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Summary

damnatio memoriae ranks in the top 0.61% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,967 views/month, #477 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • Country: Ancient Rome[2]
  • Subclass of: censorship[3], punishment[4]
  • Commons category: Damnatio memoriae[5]
  • Opposite of: apotheosis[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Damnatio memoriae[7]
  • Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[8]
  • Time period: Roman Empire[9]

Why It Matters

damnatio memoriae has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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