Legacy
Herodes Atticus and Regilla from the 2nd century until present are considered great benefactors in Greece, in particular in Athens. The couple is commemorated in Herodou Attikou Street and Rēgíllēs Street and Square, in downtown Athens. In Rome, their names are also recorded on modern streets, in the Quarto Miglio suburb close to the area of the Triopio.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)