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Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis

Vol. 58 (2022)
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The Destruction of the City: Loss in the Greek and Roman Memory

Published:
September 1, 2022
DOI Linkhttps://doi.org/10.22315/ACD/2022/2
Author
Fanni Jancsovics
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Keywords
Persian sack memory war trauma trauma process Gallic siege barbarian identity
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Jancsovics, F. (2022). The Destruction of the City: Loss in the Greek and Roman Memory. Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis, 58, 19-36. https://doi.org/10.22315/ACD/2022/2
Abstract

The appearance of the ethnically “Other” naturally has an impact on a society’s own identity. It provokes the confirmation or rephrasing of identity. The loss and destruction caused by an ethnically “Other” group creates an especially deep conflict in the society’s self-definition. This paper focuses on such events and the collective memory concerning these, through the case study of the Persian sack in 490 BC and one hundred years later the Gallic siege of Rome.