On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Memoriae. Discover how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Memoriae in a sentence
Using Memoriae
- In the example corpus, memoriae often appears in combinations such as: damnatio memoriae.
Context around Memoriae
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Memoriae
- In this selection, "memoriae" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, damnatio, ars, actually, ordered and though stand out and add context to how "memoriae" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a damnatio memoriae though others and and ars memoriae. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "memoriae" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with memoriae
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.
Bruno was famous for his mnemonics, some of which he included in his treatises De umbris idearum and Ars Memoriae.
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.
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 memoriae
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: