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domitian
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What does domitian mean?
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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Under Claudius and under Domitian, there is a deformity of baseness corresponding to the repulsiveness of the tyrant.
The fourth, which now exists, was both built and dedicated by Domitian.
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Of the Canonicall, Josephus a learned Jew, that wrote in the time of the Emperor Domitian, reckoneth Twenty Two, making the number agree with the Hebrew Alphabet.
Domitian compelled the senators and knights to participate in the lotteries, in order to debase them; and Heliogabalus, in his fantastic festivities, distributed tickets which entitled the bearers to camels, flies, and other odd things suggested by his madness.