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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It sits within the topics Ancient Syracuse, Exile and Shunning.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- 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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