Meaning of vicennalia | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The festival and religious rituals celebrating a Roman emperor's 20th year of rule.
   historical
2. Alternative letter-case form of vicennalia.
   alt-of, plural, plural-only

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Examples

“Apart from the Vicennalia, 136 was an eventful year for the imperial family: the serious illness of Hadrian in the spring⟳, the adoption of Aelius in the summer and the death and consecration of Sabina at the end⟳ of the year.”

“The exact timing of the tenth and twentieth anniversaries, the decennalia and the vicennalia, has already been discussed at length. The most straightforward solution, that it took place⟳ on the emperor's dies imperii ten years after the accession, has its adherents. However, a date⟳ earlier in the year, perhaps even the day of the beginning of the tenth year, may also be considered—at least in the second century AD.”

“As a chronological list of Roman emperors makes clear, several rulers reign long enough to enjoy⟳ their decennalia, but relatively few were fortunate enough to celebrate⟳ their vicennalia, their twentieth imperial anniversary; and from the second century onwards Constantine alone ruled long enough to celebrate⟳ a tricennalia.”

“Apart from the Vicennalia, 136 was an eventful year for the imperial family: the serious illness of Hadrian in the spring⟳, the adoption of Aelius in the summer and the death and consecration of Sabina at the end⟳ of the year.”

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