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Definition of Lustrums

Lustrums
Lustrum Lus"trum, n.; pl. E. Lustrums, L. Lustra. [L. Cf. 2d & 3d Luster.] A lustration or purification, especially the purification of the whole Roman people, which was made by the censors once in five years. Hence: A period of five years.
Lustrum
Lustrum Lus"trum, n.; pl. E. Lustrums, L. Lustra. [L. Cf. 2d & 3d Luster.] A lustration or purification, especially the purification of the whole Roman people, which was made by the censors once in five years. Hence: A period of five years.

Meaning of Lustrums from wikipedia

- lustrum (IPA: [lustrum], plural lustra) was a term for a five-year period in Ancient Rome. The word should not be confused with the homograph lustrum...
- Lustrum (plural lustra) was a term for a five-year period in Ancient Rome. Lustrum may also refer to: Lustrum (novel), a novel by Robert Harris in his...
- Lustrum (US: Conspirata; 2009) is a historical novel by British author Robert Harris. It is the sequel to Imperium and the middle volume of a trilogy...
- plebeian censor performed the solemn purification of the people (the "lustrum"; Livy Periochae 13) until 280 BC. In 131 BC, for the first time, both...
- Before Christ Common Era Decade List of decades, centuries, and millennia Lustrum Middle Ages Millennium Modern era Saeculum Year AD and CE year numbering...
- from the fact that the census described in 403 is numbered lustrum XVI and counting from lustrum X which was held in 459 BC only gives us four pairs of censors...
- Merit of Ten Lustrums". It became official with royal decree of 21 December 1924. The "Maurician Medal to the Military Merit of Ten Lustrums" would then...
- Dictator follows the first novel Imperium (2006) and the second novel Lustrum (2009). It is both a biography of Cicero and a tapestry of Rome in the...
- the Roman Eagle, 14 March 1942 Mauritian Medal for Military Merit of 10 Lustrums War Merit Cross Commemorative Medal for the Italo-Austrian War 1915–1918...
- around the sun. Year-based units include the olympiad (four years), the lustrum (five years), the indiction (15 years), the decade, the century, and the...
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