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  • CCLXXXIV. ezeunte quod Pecaviui iacuiencer probavic « commocam vero per/ecucionem anno CCCIII, ex pla - rimis La£bncii locis conflare ica uc in -- cidac in annum Imp. Dioclec XIX. od fufius eadem diflerit vir dodiflimus fb« tim ante a&a vicennalia.

    Lucii Caecilii Firmiani Lactantii De mortibus persecutorum, cum notis Stephani Baluzii ... Lactantius, Paul Bauldri, Etienne Baluze , Nicolas Thoynard , Johan Columbus , Thomas Spark , Joannes Georgius Graevius, Gisbertus Cuperus, Elias Boherellus, Thomas Gale 1692

  • In 326, two years into his reign as sole emperor, Constantine made a rare visit to Rome, to celebrate his vicennalia, the twenty-year anniversary of his acclamation as emperor following his father Constantius’s death in 306.

    Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010

  • Constantine courted further antagonism from Roman traditionalists during the vicennalia by electing not to climb the steps of the Capitoline temple of Jupiter and make the usual imperial sacrifice to Rome’s guardian deity.

    Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010

  • Martiis] ko enim die GaleriusMaximianus fa6hisfuerat Caefar cum Conllantio, adeoquc Kalendis fcmpcrMartiis inchoaban - tur anni cjus imperii, & vicennalia cclcbrari debebant KalendisMar - tiis impendentis anni, qui futurus erat vigefimus imperii cjus.

    Lucii Caecilii Firmiani Lactantii De mortibus persecutorum, cum notis Stephani Baluzii ... Lactantius, Paul Bauldri, Etienne Baluze , Nicolas Thoynard , Johan Columbus , Thomas Spark , Joannes Georgius Graevius, Gisbertus Cuperus, Elias Boherellus, Thomas Gale 1692

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