quinquennium

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This period—which the Roman emperor Trajan labelled the quinquennium Neronis—matches up almost exactly with the time of Seneca’s greatest influence over Nero.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 26, 2015

Most phenomenally popular book of the quinquennium, he would report, was Hervey Allen's Anthony Adverse.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the last quinquennium the number exceeded 2,000 millions.

From Tobacco Leaves Being a Book of Facts for Smokers by Brennan, W. A.

I confess with shame a pusillanimity that is apt to flag if a "to be continued" do not redeem its promise before the lapse of a quinquennium.

From Among My Books Second Series by Lowell, James Russell

The young tiger was held on leash for the famous quinquennium by Burrus and Seneca.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel