Description
This title examines the process of purge and rehabilitation of memory in the person of Virius Nicomachus Flavianus. Hedrick describes how Flavian was condemned for rebellion, erased from public records and then reinstated as newly Christianised senatorial class sought to reconcile their pagan past and Christian present. By selectively remembering and forgetting the actions of Flavian, Hedrick argues, the Roman elite honoured their ancestors while participating in profound social, cultural and religious change.
