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CONTENTS List of Illustrations ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xxv c h a p t e r 1 A PALIMPSEST 1 c h a p t e r 2 CURSUS AND CAREER 6 c h a p t e r 3 UNSPEAKABLE PAGANISM? 37 c h a p t e r 4 REMEMBERING TO FORGET The Damnatio Memoriae 89 c h a p t e r 5 SILENCE, TRUTH, AND DEATH The Commemorative Function of History 131 c h a p t e r 6 REHABILITATING THE TEXT Proofreading and the Past 171 c h a p t e r 7 SILENCE AND AUTHORITY Politics and Rehabilitation 214 a p p e n d i x CONCERNING THE TEXT OF CIL 6.1783 247 Notes 259 List of Abbreviations 297 Secondary Works Cited 301 General Index 321 Index of Passages Cited 331 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...

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