petalism
Sign in to savePetalism (, ), 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
- References
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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