01-01-2008, 01:09 AM
Does anybody know about the damnatio memoriae of a person who was not an emperor or related to the dynasty?
I am asking because in the Macellum of Lepcis Magna is an inscription (go here) that refers to a Quintus, who fell victim to a damnatio memoriae. But he can not be the emperor, because no titles are mentioned. The monument was erected by his mother Aemilia Victrix, which is no great help either. I have been thinking about Quintus Decius Valerianus, but he was consecrated - not damned - and he was born in Illyricum, so his mother was probably from Illyricum as well. Anyone any thoughts?
I am asking because in the Macellum of Lepcis Magna is an inscription (go here) that refers to a Quintus, who fell victim to a damnatio memoriae. But he can not be the emperor, because no titles are mentioned. The monument was erected by his mother Aemilia Victrix, which is no great help either. I have been thinking about Quintus Decius Valerianus, but he was consecrated - not damned - and he was born in Illyricum, so his mother was probably from Illyricum as well. Anyone any thoughts?
