In 202, according to the Historia Augusta, a 4th century history of dubious reliability, Septimius Severus ( r. 193 – 211 ) issued a general rescript forbidding conversion to either Judaism or Christianity.

Dejacque " rejected Blanquism, which was based on a division between the ‘ disciples of the great people ’ s Architect ’ and ‘ the people, or vulgar herd ,’ and was equally opposed to all the variants of social republicanism, to the dictatorship of one man and to ‘ the dictatorship of the little prodigies of the proletariat .’ With regard to the last of these, he wrote that: ‘ a dictatorial committee composed of workers is certainly the most conceited and incompetent, and hence the most anti-revolutionary, thing that can be found ...( It is better to have doubtful enemies in power than dubious friends )’.

However, monotypic taxa are generally avoided by modern taxonomists if not necessary, and in this case a distinct superorder seems indeed unwarranted: together with the equally dubious superorder " Stenopterygii ", the grinners appear to be so closely related to some Protacanthopterygii to be included in that superorder.

During this time he gathered a wide circle of shady and dubious friends, mostly involved in the turf, including the unpleasant Mr R Jones, and an equally broad set of gambling debts.

Dejacque " rejected Blanquism, which was based on a division between the ‘ disciples of the great people ’ s Architect ’ and ‘ the people, or vulgar herd ,’ and was equally opposed to all the variants of social republicanism, to the dictatorship of one man and to ‘ the dictatorship of the little prodigies of the proletariat .’ With regard to the last of these, he wrote that: ‘ a dictatorial committee composed of workers is certainly the most conceited and incompetent, and hence the most anti-revolutionary, thing that can be found ...( It is better to have doubtful enemies in power than dubious friends )’.

The interpreter is with her boyfriend, but he seems equally uninterested in her and appears to be involved in dubious business affairs.

if so, he would not be the first or last commanding officer who has succumbed to bad information and dubious estimates of the future.

There has been much uncertainty over Rasputin's life and influence as accounts of his life have often been based on dubious memoirs, hearsay and legend.

There is no mention of a family relationship between John and Jesus in the other Gospels, and the scholar Raymond E. Brown has described it as " of dubious historicity ".

Some of the prominent landmarks on the engineering side include the Blue Earth Workshop — which, in addition to being among the foremost centres of learning techniques in workshop technology, also has the dubious distinction of having been used by students affected by the naxalite violence to manufacture blow guns, the “ gachchtola ”, the “ jheel paar ”, ashirwad canteen ( now converted into the SURUCHI canteen ), the windmill and the “ green zone ”.

In India, the first mosque has been claimed as Cheraman Juma Masjid in the early 7th century, but this claim is dubious.

Milken's high-yield " pioneer " status has proved dubious as studies show " original issue " high-yield issues were common during and after the Great Depression.

His grave has been claimed to be at Kirklees Priory near Mirfield in West Yorkshire, as implied by the 18th-century version of Robin Hood's Death, and there is a headstone there of dubious authenticity.

A study by Prof. Shaw has criticized a century of scholarly literature which theorizes a long decline in agricultural conditions since ancient times due to destructive invasions and significant climate change ; Shaw writes that such theories may be based on " false assumptions about the past, dubious literary evidence, and misunderstood archaeological data.

This is dubious, as " no trace has been found there of its artificial harbour for 360 warships, or of a citadel, unless the nearby hill of Silberberg is accepted as the site of such ; but there were Norsemen there around the year 1000, and the archaeological finds reveal a mixed population of Scandinavians and Slavs ".

The type specimen has also been lost, so the status of this class is considered dubious.

" He frequently appears on infomercials, pitching all sorts of bizarre medical offers or endorsing dubious devices, and has often turned his operations into TV spectacles.

The original tip-off leading to the incrimination of Pettersson has been described by some as very dubious.

However, the team has also had a number of dubious distinctions, such as former owner Ted Stepien's tenure, which led the NBA to create a rule regulating the trading of draft picks (" The Stepien Rule "), and a 26 game losing streak in 2010 – 11, which tied the record for the longest losing streak in major American professional sports.

Although it has been acknowledged for several years that the methodology behind this figure is somewhat dubious, it has continued to be quoted in the absence of a better figure.

It is dubious whether this tale has any veracity.

Hudson Hawk has the dubious distinction of being the final film produced by TriStar Pictures prior to their being bought out and merged with Columbia Pictures ( which was going through similar financial difficulties ).

The city has received national attention and earned the dubious distinction of being one of only two official speed traps designated by the American Automobile Association ( the other being Waldo a few miles to the south ), due to the city's strict enforcement of the local speed limit on U. S. Route 301 as it cuts through town.

Princeville has the dubious distinction of being taken over twice – the state also straightened out its books in 1997.

The town has the dubious distinction of being the oldest of the townsites annexed by Borger.

Atherton has the dubious honour of having the lowest batting average of any player to have scored 6, 000 or more runs in Test cricket.

William Arens seeks to discredit Staden's and other writers ' accounts of cannibalism in his book The Man-Eating Myth: Anthropology & Anthropophagy, where he claims that when concerning the Tupinambá, “ rather than dealing with an instance of serial documentation of cannibalism, we are more likely confronting only one source of dubious testimony which has been incorporated almost verbatim into the written reports of others claiming to be eyewitnesses .”

: Lately there has been a great increase in the number of venereal diseases among our officers and men owing to prolific contacts with Filipino women of dubious character.

You see, all that has happened is that Gary and I started something, it was taken away, and we have taken steps to get it back .” In the same interview, Dudley indicated she felt parts of Who's Afraid were of dubious quality.

It has the dubious distinction of having been used as the operational headquarters and residence of General Chitpatima who attempted a coup, in 1981.

Whilst this was dubious in terms of batting technique, it seemed the best way to cope with the barrage, and Bradman averaged 56. 57 in the series ( an excellent average for most, but well short of his career average of 99. 94 ), while being struck above the waist by the ball only once.

In its short, three-year history, the Portland Fire franchise held some of the more dubious distinctions among WNBA franchises.

This happened for a short while, but it soon became clear that it was not only impractical, but also made dubious commercial sense: drama flourished at the Old Vic but lagged behind opera and dance in popularity at the Wells.

As a young man, Anton Chekhov had to support his family by writing short newspaper articles ; Arthur Koestler penned a dubious Dictionary of Sexuality for the popular press ; Samuel Beckett translated for the French Reader's Digest ; and William Faulkner churned out Hollywood scripts.

In the issue of 18 September 2007 on the sheet devoted to the film Katyń ( 2007 ), directed by Andrzej Wajda and about the 1940 Katyn massacre, a short comment by Alexander Sabov was published, claiming that the widely accepted version of the tragedy is based on a single dubious copy of a document related to the massacre and that hence evidence of the Soviet responsibility for it is not reliable, which immediately provoked media frenzy in Poland.

The dubious safety of a bridge over the Ouse, a very short way north-west of South Lynn station, was allegedly a significant factor in the closure of the whole route, and was demolished later that year.

Sabatini used Exquemelin ’ s History of the Bouccaneers of America as a main source for his description of Tortuga, and therefore the island is portrayed as a place where many buccaneers, prostitutes and other dubious professions operate, but the French West India Company, which rules Tortuga, makes profit off of those affairs.

Some, such as astronomer and historian Colin Ronan, claim this describes a reflecting or refracting telescope built between 1540 and 1559, but its vague description and claimed performance makes it dubious.

These include his first account, where he claimed that Bompressi and Sofri ordered him the assassination, whether that later became only Sofri ; his description of the itinerary that he allegedly followed immediately after the crime, during which he said he had gone in the exact opposite direction of where the Fiat had been finally abandoned ; confusion about when his qualms of conscience came to arise, as soon as 1972 or in " the last three years "; the fact that he had been convicted for armed robbery on 1987, thus making his claims about his moral concerns dubious ...

Perhaps Sylvester's most developed role is in a series of Robert McKimson-directed shorts, in which the character is a hapless mouse-catching instructor to his dubious son, Sylvester Junior, with the " mouse " being a powerful baby kangaroo which he constantly mistakes for a " king-size mouse ".

Although she claims that her stepchildren have bonded with her and she wants to continue raising them ( a dubious claim considering the contempt and disgust Bobby, III and Sofia have shown for her ), Janice's primary focus seems to be on whatever assets she might receive such as those from Uncle Junior, prompting Tony to make a deal with " Uncle Pat " ensuring Junior's estate will go into a trust that will benefit Bobby's children and not Janice.