Posted on 04/08/2023 2:00:55 AM PDT by Phoenix8
Podcast Transcript
The movie The Purge depicts a fictitious world where one night a year, there is a war of all against all.
If you look back in history, you will find a time when something similar happened.
Except it wasn’t a case of everyone against everyone, it was a case of everyone against a few.
For those who were the victim of this, it was terrifying.
Learn more about proscription lists and why you never wanted to be on one on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
Before I get started, I should note that I’m talking about ‘proscriptions’, not ‘prescriptions” like you get from a doctor.
While they sound similar, they have almost opposite meanings.
To prescribe is to set down something as a rule or law. To proscribe is to condemn, ban, or forbid.
As you will see, this episode is all about proscribing.
This story starts with the first Roman Civil War.
The civil war will be the subject of its own future episode, but to summarize, there were two opposing forces led by the Roman generals and consuls, Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
The faction led by Marius was called the popularies. They had the support of the common people and advocated reform of the Roman system.
Sulla’s faction was the optimates who had the support of the elites and opposed reform.
Rome had been experiencing social and economic strife, and Marius sought to institute reforms to change the Roman system. I previously did an episode on the reforms which Marius brought to the Roman military, which had the long-term effect of shifting the loyalties of soldiers from the Republic to individual generals.
Armed conflict broke out between Marius and Sulla in 88 BC, and by 82 BC, Sulla had come out victorious.
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Worth noting Sulla was the victor of the civil war that ended the Roman Republic and he represented the “elite” class as we would call it today. Sulla then implemented the first widespread proscription.
The J6 prisoners are the first step toward poscription.
Occasional use of six-month dictators had often saved the republic.
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