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adj
Of or relating to the Roman emperor Diocletian.
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Usage: not-comparable
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name
Roman cognomen, particularly borne by the Roman emperor Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus (245-313).
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noun
Roman Emperor who when faced with military problems decided in 286 to divide the Roman Empire between himself in the east and Maximian in the west; he initiated the last persecution of the Christians in 303 (245-313)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletian
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Broader terms: Roman Emperor, Emperor of Rome
History
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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