Diocletian

//ˌdaɪ.əˈkliːʃən// adj, name

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to the Roman emperor Diocletian. not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Roman cognomen, particularly borne by the Roman emperor Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus (245-313).

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diocletianicdiocletianicgaius aurelius valerius diocletian

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"Seneca (epistol. lxxxvi.) compares the baths of Scipio Africanus, at his villa of Liternum, with the magnificence (which was continually increasing) of the public baths of Rome, long before the stately Thermae of Antoninus and Diocletian were erected."

Etymology

From Latin Dioclētiānus, Latinate form of Ancient Greek Διοκλῆς (Dioklês). The Roman emperor was named so after his home town of Dioclea in Illyricum.

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