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Basically when an emperor died he was either transformed into a god or demonized depending on which was more politically convenient to his successor. The truth
by colechristensen 4y ago
Basically when an emperor died he was either transformed into a god or demonized depending on which was more politically convenient to his successor. The truth seemed more like the emperors were quite similar in their cruelty and competence compared to the exaggerations of the surviving propaganda about them.
- freeflight 4y ago> demonized depending on which was more politically convenient to his successor Didn't they straight up remove some people from historical records? [0] That's something that stuck with me when visiting the Pula Arena in Croatia; In there was plaque, as old as the colosseum, where a name was scratched out. Sadly the plaque didn't have any explanation with it, so I just assume that's a case of damnatio memoriae. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnatio_memoriae#Ancient_Rome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnatio_memoriae#Ancient_Rome