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This 3 page paper examines Roman War Memorials and the concept of death. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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the article by Hope (2003) which is: "...the pragmatic nature of the burial of the war dead distances us from the survivors" (93). On some level, the dead are revered
and the survivors are ignored. The author begins the piece by noting that when there was a battle, bodies were strewn everywhere, and cites Pagan as saying something to the
effect that there is an emphasis on destruction as opposed to peace (Hope, 2003). Hope (2003) explains that the stones honor the dead but that they are really a modern
invention. During the period in question, mass graves were the norm (Hope, 2003). The fact that individuals were not named also suggests that there is a sense that life is
meaningless or cheap. That is, the individual is not honored as they are today. Interestingly, while perhaps there was not an acknowledgment of the individual soldiers, there had been structures
created to commemorate battles (Hope, 2003). In some way, the attention to the battles suggests a sense of pride and sentimentality. The people faced a battle, and some made it
through, and in the end, the battle was over. Yet, the battle is never forgotten when there is a monument to celebrate the original fight. When there was a
positive win, the soldiers would march through the street much like they do when a baseball team is victorious in todays United States, at least according to the information contained
in the Hope (2003) piece. More specifically, Hope (2003) writes: "A triumph was one of the few occasions when soldiers marched through the streets of Rome en masse" (82). The
triumphs were about marking the deaths of the enemy (Hope, 2003). The war memorials would celebrate conquest rather than individuality, death or grief (Hope, 2003). In other words, today, people
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