- The
decemviri or
decemvirs (Latin for "ten men")
refer to
official ten-man
commissions established by the
Roman Republic. The most
important were those...
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plebeians in
matters of
voting rights and
military discipline. Later, as
decemvir,
Claudius is said to have
behaved as a
lustful tyrant, with his attempt...
- with
cases concerning whether an
individual was free.
Originally these decemvirs were a jury of ten men,
serving under the
presidency of a magistrate,...
- Quinctius, son of
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus Kaeso Duillius Longus,
decemvir 450–449 BC
Kaeso Fabius,
character in 'Roma' by
Steven Saylor, pp. 283-338...
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while relatively young; this is also
consistent with his
serving as a
decemvir thirty years later.
Julius also had a brother, Vopiscus, who held the consulship...
- this theory,
arguing that the
consular plebeians would not have let the
Decemvirs take
their power away that easily. Cf
Brennan 2000, pp. 24–25. He attributes...
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became the
first month of the
calendar year
either under Numa or
under the
Decemvirs about 450 BC (Roman
writers differ). In contrast, each
specific calendar...
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inscriptions from the
imperial age
record the
festival back to the time of the
decemvirs.
Wissowa remarks the
inner linkage of the
temple of the Mons Alb**** with...
- AD: CIL III, 550 =
InscrAtt 3 = IG II, 3286 =
Dessau 308 = IDRE 2, 365:
decemvir stlitibus iudicandis/
sevir turmae equitum Romanorum/
praefectus Urbi feriarum...
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first month and
February the last, with its
present order owing to the
Decemvirs. W.
Warde Fowler believed the
Roman priests continued to
treat January...
