Roman Antiquity: ?????the proscription under the rule of the dictator Sylla (or Sulla) consisting of an arbitrary condemnation announced by means of posters; and which entitles anyone to kill the persons whose names are posters - The assassin receives a recompense; usually part of the heritage of the outlawed?????(Proscription of roman dictator Sulla in 82 BC - An early instance of mass proscription took place in 82 BC; when Lucius Cornelius Sulla was appointed dictator rei publicae constituendae (??Dictator for the Reconstitution of the Republic?? - Sulla proceeded to have the Senate draw up a list of those he considered enemies of the state and published the list in the Roman Forum) di Roma?????by Francesco Bertolini