"Dominus/Domina" is the word for master or owner. The word is most often used by slaves when speaking of/to
Titus and Quintus Lentulus Batiatus, The former and current Dominus of the Ludus.
their owners. A Dominus may also refer to themselves as such when speaking of their property (i.e., "I am the Dominus of this Ludus). As a title of sovereignty, the term under the Roman Republic had all the associations of the Greek Tyrannos; refused during the early principate, it finally became an official title of the Roman Emperors under Diocletian (this is where the term dominate, used to describe a political system of Roman Empire in 284-476, is derived from).
Notable Dominus[]
- Quintus Lentulus Batiatus
- Gaius Claudius Glaber
- Marcus Decius Solonius
- Tullius
- Laurus
- Nasir's Dominus
- Titus Lentulus Batiatus
- Marcus Licinius Crassus
- Vibius
- Cossutius
- Vettius
- Albinius
- Seppius
- Ennius
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