Definitions

1. Proscription (Latin: proscriptio) is a term used for the public identification and official condemnation of enemies of the state.
2. Proscription was later revived by the Second Triumvirate in 43 BC, again to eliminate political enemies and to replenish the Treasury.
3. The only proscription is the balance of sweet, sour, spicy and salty.

December

1. The triumvirate's enemies were subjected to proscription including Mark Antony's archenemy Cicero who was killed on December 7, 43 BC.

Augustus

1. Furthermore, proscription enabled Augustus to protect himself from political intrigue by installing loyal senators to replace the proscribed. (Web site)

Party

1. The bloody scenes attending the proscription of his uncle Marius, to whose party his father belonged, must have made a deep impression upon him. (Web site)
2. In 1961 the party launched an abortive coup attempt in Lebanon, resulting in renewed proscription and the imprisonment of many of its leaders.

Triumvirate

1. Some have condemned his ruthless quest for power, especially his part in the proscription at the time of the triumvirate. (Web site)

Aniconism

1. Aniconism in Islam is a proscription against the creation of images of Allah in Islam.

Victims

1. Of the victims of this proscription, only Cicero's head was displayed in the Forum.
2. Both the brothers fell victims to the proscription which followed Caesar's death, Quintus being put to death in 43, some time before Marcus. (Web site)

Civil War

1. The proscription protected the Roman Republic from a coup d'�tat (internal military threat); thus, Caesar's military action began a civil war.

Octavius

1. OCTAVIUS So you thought him; And took his voice who should be prick'd to die, In our black sentence and proscription. (Web site)

State

1. Proscription (Latin: proscriptio) is the public identification and official condemnation of enemies of the state.

Treasury

1. In order to refill the treasury, the Triumvirs decided to resort to proscription. (Web site)

Antony

1. MESSALA That by proscription and bills of outlawry, Octavius, Antony, and Lepidus, Have put to death an hundred senators. (Web site)
2. Once more the proscription lists were made, and to satisfy Antony, the young Octavianus consented to sacrifice Cicero. (Web site)

Cicero

1. With the same hand, and probably with the same temper, he signed the proscription of Cicero, and the pardon of Cinna. (Web site)
2. Antony was a cruder man than his master, and insisted that Cicero be put on the Proscription List. (Web site)

Marius

1. Later he was elected pontifex maximus, but his sacred inviolability did not prevent his murder in the proscription of Marius.

Sulla

1. The Senate, which had been depleted by war and proscription, was filled with men selected by Sulla. (Web site)
2. The story of Sextus centers around the proscription lists (literally lists of death warrants) posted by Sulla in Rome.
3. He sided with Sulla in the civil war, was included in the proscription list of 87, and when Marius declined to pardon him, committed suicide.

Political Enemies

1. In addition to proscription, Sulla employed confiscation of lands as a method of suppressing his political enemies. (Web site)
2. Just as the proscription of his political enemies was about to begin, however, there were still matters to deal with outside of Rome.

Second Triumvirate

1. Proscription of 43 BC Proscription was later revived by the Second Triumvirate in 43 BC, again to eliminate political enemies and to replenish the Treasury. (Web site)
2. Augustus ' bad conscience for having put Cicero on the proscription list during the Second Triumvirate led him to aid considerably Marcus Minor's career.

Proscription

1. Marius, the idol of the populace, used proscription to rid himself of his foes, but Sulla, a conservative, destroyed Marius' party by the same method. (Web site)
2. Seeing that Caesar's clemency had resulted in his murder, the Second Triumvirate brought back the horror of proscription, abandoned since Sulla. (Web site)
3. Then, through the proscription s, Marius ordered the slaughter of many supporters of Sulla and others whom he considered had slighted him.

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1. Second Triumvirate
2. Political Enemies
3. Sulla
4. History > Civilizations > Ancient Rome > Cicero
5. Military > Generals > Roman Generals > Marius
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