Domitian
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- proper noun
- /dəˈmɪʃən/
- This suggests that he was there due to persecution, and the church fathers confirm this by telling us that John was sent to the island of Patmos by the Roman Emperor Domitian.
- Emperor Domitian
Examples
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After Domitian was assassinated, the Senate sought to erase his achievements from history.
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I'd like to end today with one building that was actually begun by Domitian and then completed by Nerva.
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Titus's brother, Domitian, who replaced Titus after he died suddenly, was in turn murdered and succeeded by Nerva.
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Nerva, the sexagenarian hand-picked by the Senate to succeed Domitian, was followed by a string of emperors who lacked legitimate sons.
Academic text (2014) -
I met people who had sung Latin songs with him to the cows of Castel Gandolfo—the site of the emperor Domitian's villa and now the Pope's summer residence.
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Emperor Domitian ruled the Roman Empire with an iron fist, leading to his assassination in 96 AD.
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The historians describe Domitian as a tyrant whose reign was marked by autocratic policies.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Domitian comes from the Roman family name Domitius, which probably comes from the Latin word domus meaning 'house', like in the English word 'domestic'. So the name once meant 'of the house' or 'from the family', which shows he belonged to that Roman family and helps you remember him as the Roman emperor.