By Mati Davis Catullus 85 Odi et amo. Quare id faciam, fortasse requiris? Nescio sed fieri sentio et excrucior. Hating and loving. You might want to ask why, why do I do this. Ι᾽m at a loss, but it still hurts and I scream out in pain! Philodemus AP 5.131 […]
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Damnatio Memoriae: On Facing, Not Forgetting, Our Past

By Mati Davis and Sara Chopra On a rainy July 1st day several weeks ago, a crowd gathered along Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia to cheer on construction crews as they lifted and lowered a statue of the Confederate general Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson from its pedestal. For many onlookers, the toppling of Jackson’s figure in […]