Munzir Rosdi/Shutterstock Michael Hanaghan, Australian Catholic University People throughout history have deliberately tried to forget corrupt or criminal leaders who offend the public’s sense of morality or justice. The term damnatio memoriae (“condemnation of memory”) describes this kind of deliberate forgetting in ancient times. Damnatio memoriae refers to the deliberate political erasure of a person … Continue reading Conversation: What was damnatio memoriae? How to get cancelled in Ancient Rome