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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
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- noun Emperor of Rome; son of Vespasian who succeeded his brother Titus; instigated a reign of terror and was assassinated as a tyrant (51-96)
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Examples
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Bengel thinks John refers specially to the remarkable constancy exhibited by youths in Domitian's persecution.
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Fathers, that Antipas, in Domitian's reign, was shut up in a red-hot brazen bull, and ended his life in thanksgivings and prayers.
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The resemblance of Justinian to the bust of Domitian, is maliciously urged; 71 with the acknowledgment, however, of a well-proportioned figure, a ruddy complexion, and a pleasing countenance.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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The rubor of Domitian is stigmatized, quaintly enough, by the pen of Tacitus, (in Vit.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Ahenobarbus, in order to effect his own election as pontiff in the place of his father, and is known as the Domitian law.
The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Arthur Gilman
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Martial, who had called Domitian his lord and his god, now cried, "In him we have no lord, but an imperator!"
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After climbing up to the Capuchin Convent, close to which are the remains of what is called Domitian's Theatre, we came to the lake, which is beautiful, but does not look large, and still less as if it had ever threatened Rome with destruction.
The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Volume 1 (of 3) Charles Greville 1829
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"Domitian," bore also the word "Brig," which was supposed to be a contraction of Brigantes.
From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor
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Well, before he gets there, certain trusty fellows, such as Domitian knows how to lay his hands upon, will have entered the house, and having secured the steward and the woman, will await the coming of Marcus beneath the archway.
Pearl-Maiden Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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The identification of the two emperors suggested itself all the more readily since even pagan authors called Domitian a second Nero (calvus Nero, Juvenal.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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