For the album by Adagio, see Dominate For the RPG concept, see Discipline The Dominate was the 'despotic' last of the two phases of government in the ancient Roman Empire between its establishment in 27 BC and the formal date of the collapse of the Western Empire in AD 476. The word is derived from the Latin dominus, meaning lord or master, as an owner versus his slave ? this had been used sycophantically to address emperors from the Julio-Claudian (first) dynasty on, but not used by them as a style ? Tiberius in particular is said to have reviled it openly. It became common under Diocletian, who is therefore a logical choice as the first ruler of 'early' dominate. Historian David Potter describes the transformation of Government under Diocletian when describing the shifts in imagery the Emperor used to display his power (in this case the building of a huge new pal

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