Etymology From Latin decennialis, from decennium (“10-year period”) + -ālis, from decennis (“10-year”) + -ium (“-ium”, suffix forming abstract nouns), from decem (“ten”) + annus (“year”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives).
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Synonym of decade, a ten-year period.
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A tenth anniversary, particularly
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Historical Synonym of decennalia, the festival and religious ritual held in the 10th year of a Roman emperor's reign.
Roman coins mentioning the vota publica for Macrinus are RIC IV.1 5–13; on vota publica for the decennials and vicennials of emperors in the 2nd and 3rd c. ad, see Chastagnol 1984.2022, Martin Hallmannsecker, Roman Ionia..., p. 110