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September 81) was unquestioned, and it would seem that he had intended, so far as his weak volition and mean abilities would allow, to govern well. Like See also:

AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus, he attempted a See also:

reformation of morals and See also:

religion. As See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief pontiff he inquired rigorously into the See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of the vestal virgins, three of whom were buried alive; he enforced the See also:

LAWS

laws against See also:

ADULTERY (from Lat. adulterium)

adultery, See also:

MUTILATION (from Lat. mutilus, maimed)

mutilation, and the grosser forms of immorality, and forbade the public acting of mimes. He erected many temples and public buildings (amongst them the See also:

ODEUM (Gr. Odeion)

Odeum, a See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre for musical performances) and restored the temple of the Capitol. He passed many sumptuary laws, and issued an See also:

EDICT (Lat. edictum, from e, out, and dicere, to say, speak)

edict forbidding the over-cultivation of vines to the neglect of See also:

corn-growing.

Finally, he took a See also:

PERSONAL

personal See also:

SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the administration of See also:

JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice at Rome, checked the activity of the informers (delatores), and exercised a jealous supervision over the See also:

GOVERNORS

governors of provinces. Such public virtues at first See also:

COUNTER

counter-balanced his private vices in the eyes of the See also:

PEOPLE

people. Domitian was the first emperor who arrogated divine honours in his life-See also:

time, and caused himself to be styled Our See also:

Lord and See also:

God in public documents. Doubtless in the poems of writers like See also:

MARTIAL (MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS)

Martial this405 deification was nothing but fulsome flattery, but in the See also:

case of the provincials it was a sincere See also:

TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

tribute to the impersonation of the Roman Empire, as the See also:

ADMINISTRATOR

administrator of See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

government and the peacemaker of the See also:

WORLD

world. Even when Rome and Italy smarted beneath his proscriptions and extortions, the provinces were undisturbed. Though he took the See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of imperator more than twenty times, and enjoyed at least one See also:

TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph, Domitian's military achievements were insignificant. He defeated the See also:

CHATTI

Chatti, annexed the See also:

DISTRICT

district of the See also:

TAUNUS

Taunus, and established the Limes as a See also:

LINE

line of See also:

defence; but he suffered defeats at the hands of the Quadi, See also:

SARMATAE, or SAUROMATAE (the second form is mostly used by the earlier Greek writers, the other by the later Greeksand the Romans)

Sarmatae and See also:

MARCOMANNI (i.e. men of the mark, or border)

Marcomanni; in See also:

DACIA

Dacia he received a severe check, and was obliged to See also:

PURCHASE

purchase See also:

peace (9o) from Decebalus by the See also:

PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment of a large sum of See also:

MONEY

money and by guaranteeing a yearly tribute—the first instance in Roman See also:

HISTORY

history. His See also:

JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy was provoked by the successes of See also:

Agricola in See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, who was recalled to Rome (85) in the midst of his conquests, condemned to retirement, and perhaps removed by See also:

POISON

poison. The revolt of See also:

ANTONIUS

Antonius See also:

SATURNINUS, LUCIUS APPULEIUS

Saturninus, the See also:

COMMANDER

commander of the Roman forces in Upper See also:

Germany (88 or 89), marks the turning-point in his reign (on the date see H. See also:

SCHILLER, JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON (1759-18o5)

Schiller, Geschichte der romischen Kaiserzeit, i. pt. 2, p. 524, See also:

note 2).

It was speedily crushed; but from that moment Domitian's character changed. He got rid of all whom he disliked on the See also:

charge of having taken part in the See also:

CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy, and no See also:

man of See also:

EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence was safe against him. He was in See also:

CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant fear of assassination and distrusted all around him. During the last three years of his life his behaviour was that of a madman. He sentenced to death his own See also:

cousin and See also:

NEPHEW

nephew by See also:

MARRIAGE

marriage, Flavius Clemens, whose wife he banished for her supposed leaning towards Judaism (See also:

CHRISTIANITY

Christianity). A conspiracy among his own freedmen—set on See also:

FOOT

foot, it is said, by his wife Domitia Longina, who knew her own life to be threatened—cut See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short his career. He was stabbed in his bedroom by a freedman of Clemens named Stephanus on the 18th of September 96. DOMREMY-LA-PUCELLE, a See also:

VILLAGE

village of eastern See also:

France, in the See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

Vosges, on the See also:

LEFT

left See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

Meuse, 7 M. N. of See also:

NEUFCHATEAU

Neufchateau by road. Pop. (1906) 233. Domremy was the See also:

BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth-See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

JOAN

Joan of Arc, and the cottage in which she was born still stands.

Above the See also:

DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door are the arms of France and of Joan of Arc and an inscription of 1481 See also:

READING

reading " Vive labeur; vive le roi See also:

LOUYS, PIERRE (187o– )

Louys." There are several monuments to the heroine, and a See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

BASILICA

basilica has been erected in her See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour on a neighbouring See also:

hill, where she is said to have heard the voices in obedience to which she took up the See also:

SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword. The See also:

story of the heroine is annually celebrated by a See also:

PLAY

play in which the villagers take part.

End of Article: DOMITIAN (Thus FLAVIUS DOMITIANUS)

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