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(historical) The festival and religious rituals celebrating a Roman emperor's 30th year of rule..
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.
In 336, the city was ready. Constantine the Great could celebrate his Tricennalia, his thirty-year jubilee, in his new capital. One year later, he was baptised and died.
Use tricennalia when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tricennalia means (historical) The festival and religious rituals celebrating a Roman emperor's 30th year of rule..
Common synonyms include tricennial festival, tricennial celebration.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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