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Diadumenian
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Diadumenian was the son of the Roman emperor Macrinus and served as his co-ruler for a brief time in 218. His mother, Macrinus's wife, is called Nonia Celsa in the unreliable Historia Augusta, though
An aureus bearing the image of Diadumenian. The inscription reads m opel ant diadvmenian caes.
An aureus bearing the image of Diadumenian. The inscription reads m opel ant diadvmenian caes.
Damnatio memoriae
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Damnatio memoriae is a modern Latin phrase meaning "condemnation of memory" or "damnation of memory", indicating that a person is to be excluded from official accounts, or remembered after death in a
Diadumenian
…declared both of them enemies of Rome and had their names struck from records and their images destroyed, a process known in modern scholarship as damnatio memoriae. Diadumenian was born on 14 September 208, named Marcus Opellius Diadumenianus, to Macrinus, the praetorian prefect and future emperor of Berber origin…
The Severan Tondo, c. 199 AD tondo of the Severan family, with portraits of Septimius Severus, Julia Domna, and their sons Caracalla and Geta. The fac
The Severan Tondo, c. 199 AD tondo of the Severan family, with portraits of Septimius Severus, Julia Domna, and their sons Caracalla and Geta. The face of one of Severus' and Julia's sons has been erased; it may be Geta's, as a result of the damnatio memoriae ordered by his brother Caracalla after Geta's death.
Damnatio memoriae of Commodus on an inscription in the Museum of Roman History Osterburken. The abbreviation "CO" was later restored with paint.
Damnatio memoriae of Commodus on an inscription in the Museum of Roman History Osterburken. The abbreviation "CO" was later restored with paint.
Coffin believed to belong to Akhenaten found in Tomb KV55, with the face obliterated
Coffin believed to belong to Akhenaten found in Tomb KV55, with the face obliterated
Part of an honorific decree for Phaedrus of Sphettus, passed in 259/8 BC. The lines mentioning Phaedrus' interactions with the Antigonids were chisell
Part of an honorific decree for Phaedrus of Sphettus, passed in 259/8 BC. The lines mentioning Phaedrus' interactions with the Antigonids were chiselled out as part of the damnatio memoriae of 200 BC.