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    Look up proscription in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Proscription (Latin: proscriptio) is, in current usage, a 'decree of condemnation to death or...
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  • The proscription of Sulla was a reprisal campaign by the Roman proconsul and later dictator, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, to eliminate his enemies in the aftermath...
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    The Act of Proscription (19 Geo. 2. c. 39), also called the Act of Proscription 1746 or the Disarming the Highlands, etc. Act 1745, was an Act of the Parliament...
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  • Some people do not eat various specific foods and beverages in conformity with various religious, cultural, legal or other societal prohibitions. Many...
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    the legitimacy of Sulla's annulment. Sulla may have put Caesar on the proscription lists, though scholars are mixed. Caesar then went into hiding before...
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    Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire began during the reign of Constantine the Great (r. 306–337) in the military colony of Aelia Capitolina...
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    Act 1746, also known as the Disclothing Act, was part of the Act of Proscription which came into force on 1 August 1746 and made wearing "the Highland...
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    under the UK's counter terrorism laws on 14 January 2010. Before its proscription it was led by Anjem Choudary. On its website, Islam4UK described itself...
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  • refused government contracts or directorships in any major company. This proscription lasted for forty-five years. George Lyttelton wrote in his Letter to...
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  • facto president Alejandro Lanusse was called to elections, lifting the proscription over Peronism. Héctor José Cámpora was elected president, but resigned...
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