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Domitian

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Do·mi·tian  (d-mshn) Originally Titus Flavius Domitianus. a.d. 51-96.
Emperor of Rome (81-96) who completed the conquest of Britain. After 89 his government became dictatorial, leading to a reign of terror. Domitian was assassinated by a freedman in connivance with his empress and officers of the court.
Domitian [dəˈmɪʃən]
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(Biographies / Domitian (51-96) M, Roman, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) full name Titus Flavius Domitianus. 51-96 ad, Roman emperor (81-96): instigated a reign of terror (93); assassinated
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Noun1.DomitianDomitian - Emperor of Rome; son of Vespasian who succeeded his brother Titus; instigated a reign of terror and was assassinated as a tyrant (51-96)
Titus Flavius Domitianus
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Domitian [dəˈmɪʃɪən] N → Domiciano


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Hence it comes likewise, that princes many times make themselves desires, and set their hearts upon toys; sometimes upon a building; sometimes upon erecting of an order; sometimes upon the advancing of a person; sometimes upon obtaining excellency in some art, or feat of the hand; as Nero for playing on the harp, Domitian for certainty of the hand with the arrow, Commodus for playing at fence, Caracalla for driving chariots, and the like.
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He had the arms of Hercules, hands worthy of Domitian, a stomach which sobriety held within the limits of the majestic, to use a saying of Brillaet-Savarin.
Bureaucracy by de Balzac, Honore View in context
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