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Petalism (, ), was an ancient Syracusan variant of ancient Athens's ostracism, wherein a citizen was temporarily removed from the city and public life. It was first and exclusively recorded in Diodorus Siculus's .

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  • Institution
  • Execution and differences from ostracism
  • Effects and discontinuation
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Petalism (, ), was an ancient Syracusan variant of ancient Athens's ostracism, wherein a citizen was temporarily removed from the city and public life. It was first and exclusively recorded in Diodorus Siculus's .

== Institution ==

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