Damnatio memoriae

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José Antonio Martínez Pons

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Damnatio Memoriae is a Latin phrase that literally means conviction of memory. It was a practice of ancient Rome consisting of, as its name suggests, to condemn the memory of an enemy of the state after his death. Applied to remove a character map to uncomfortable and reminded all that the condemned images, monuments, inscriptions, and even came to the ban on his name. Many emperors were also affected by this practice. Something has happened in Spain with the Franco era.

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Martínez Pons, José Antonio. 2006. “Damnatio Memoriae”. Vivat Academia. Journal of Communication, no. 71 (January):107-14. https://doi.org/10.15178/va.2005.71.107-114.
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José Antonio Martínez Pons, Departamento de Química Analítica e Ingeniería Química. Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid

Licenciado en Ciencias Físicas (Geofísica) por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (España) y en Ciencias Químicas (Química física) por la UNED (España). Doctor por la Universidad de Alcalá de Henares (España) en el año 2000. Profesor de la Universidad de Alcalá de Henares en el área de Química Analítica e Ingeniería Química.