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Definition of Tetrarchy
1. n. The district under a Roman tetrarch; the office or jurisdiction of a tetrarch; a tetrarchate.
Definition of Tetrarchy
1. Noun. Historically, an empire that was ruled by four rulers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tetrarchy
1. [n -CHIES]
Medical Definition of Tetrarchy
1. Origin: L. Tetrarchia, Gr., cf. F. Tetrarchie. The district under a Roman tetrarch; the office or jurisdiction of a tetrarch; a tetrarchate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetrarchy
Literary usage of Tetrarchy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"This is called the tetrarchy of Zenodorus by Dion Cassius. ... After the death
of Herod the Great a portion of the tetrarchy of Zenodorus went to Herod's ..."
2. A General History of the World by Victor Duruy, Edwin Augustus Grosvenor, Louis Edwin Van Norman (1912)
"The tetrarchy.—Forty-five emperors had already worn the purple. Of this number
twenty-nine, not to mention the thirty tyrants, had been assassinated. ..."
3. Travels in Northern Greece. by William Martin Leake (1835)
"... after the conquest by Paullus—Limits of the four regions—Coins of the tetrarchy.
HAVING been prevented by the occurrence of hostilities between England ..."
4. The History of France by Parke Godwin (1860)
"Thus the Empire was divided into four departments, or a tetrarchy, of which
Diocletian reserved to himself the provinces of Asia, Maximian took Italy and ..."
5. The History of Rome by Theodor Mommsen (1891)
"... king of Cappadocia was invested with Lesser Armenia, and the tetrarchy of the
... tetrarchy ..."
6. The History of Modern Civilization: A Handbook Based Upon M. Gustave by Gustave Ducoudray (1891)
"... Armies : ' iril Wars — Invasion of the Barbarians — Attempts at Restoration
in the Fourth Century ; Diocletian ; the tetrarchy — The Work of Constantino ..."
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