In the Punic Wars, Polybius constructed his history originating around the Roman collective memory to engender a cultural identity of Roman superiority and dominance. Thus, this parallels how collective memory is selective in order to forge an identity for …show more content…
In the guerrilla war, revolutionaries minted coins, which addressed Bar Kokhba’s title as Nesi Yisrael, denoting Prince of Israel, as well as inscriptions that read “For the Freedom of Jerusalem”, along with symbols of stars above temples, alluding the meaning of Bar Kokhba’s name. Thus, Schafer surmises that the coins represented the Zionist yearnings of the Jewish people, and the figure Bar Kokhba became so important to them as the population perceived him as their saviour out of their demise. This aligns with Novick’s ideal that collective memory is a form of myth-making in order for a community to form an identity, namely the hope of freedom and preservation of