Wondering how to use Damnatio in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. .
Using Damnatio
- In the example corpus, damnatio often appears in combinations such as: damnatio memoriae, of damnatio.
Context around Damnatio
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Damnatio
- In this selection, "damnatio" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, removed, official, facto and memoriae stand out and add context to how "damnatio" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include campaign of damnatio memoriae against and de facto damnatio memoriae when. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "damnatio" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with damnatio
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Antony's honours were revoked and his statues removed ( damnatio memoriae ). (11 words)
In Latin, the term damnatio memoriae was not used by the ancient Romans. (13 words)
Geta's face has been erased, because of the damnatio memoriae ordered by his brother. (15 words)
The sense of the expression damnatio memoriae and of the sanction is to cancel every trace of the person from the life of Rome, as if he or she had never existed, in order to preserve the honour of the city. (41 words)
Modern render * More modern examples of damnatio memoriae include the removal of portraits, books, editing people out of pictures, and any other traces of Joseph Stalin 's opponents during the Great Purge (for example, in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia ). (39 words)
Because there is an economic incentive to seize property and rework statues, historians and archaeologists have had difficulty determining when official damnatio memoriae actually took place, although it seems to have been quite rare. (34 words)
Example sentences (11)
After Ay's death, Horemheb usurped the throne and instigated a campaign of damnatio memoriae against him.
Antony's honours were revoked and his statues removed ( damnatio memoriae ).
Because there is an economic incentive to seize property and rework statues, historians and archaeologists have had difficulty determining when official damnatio memoriae actually took place, although it seems to have been quite rare.
Geta's face has been erased, because of the damnatio memoriae ordered by his brother.
Grainger (2003), p. 49 Domitian and, over a century later, Publius Septimius Geta were the only emperors known to have officially received a damnatio memoriae, though others may have received de facto ones.
Historians sometimes use the phrase de facto damnatio memoriae when the condemnation is not official.
In Latin, the term damnatio memoriae was not used by the ancient Romans.
Lives, "Tiberius", 75. Suetonius has the populace wish Tiberius's body to be thrown in the Tiber, or left unburied, or "dragged with the hook", as a form of posthumous damnatio.
Modern render * More modern examples of damnatio memoriae include the removal of portraits, books, editing people out of pictures, and any other traces of Joseph Stalin 's opponents during the Great Purge (for example, in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia ).
The sense of the expression damnatio memoriae and of the sanction is to cancel every trace of the person from the life of Rome, as if he or she had never existed, in order to preserve the honour of the city.
The term does not generally encompass the specific destruction of images of a ruler after his death or overthrow ( damnatio memoriae ).
Common combinations with damnatio
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- damnatio memoriae 10×
- of damnatio 2×