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Definition of Decemvir

Decemvir
Decemvir De*cem"vir, n.; pl. E. Decemvirs, L. Decemviri. [L., fr. decem ten + vir a man.] 1. One of a body of ten magistrates in ancient Rome. Note: The title of decemvirs was given to various bodies of Roman magistrates. The most celebrated decemvirs framed ``the laws of the Twelve Tables,' about 450 B. C., and had absolute authority for three years. 2. A member of any body of ten men in authority.

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- The decemviri or decemvirs (Latin for "ten men") refer to official ten-man commissions established by the Roman Republic. The most important were those...
- 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...
- Quinctius, son of Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus Kaeso Duillius Longus, decemvir 450–449 BC Kaeso Fabius, character in 'Roma' by Steven Saylor, pp. 283-338...
- with cases concerning whether an individual was free. Originally these decemvirs were a jury of ten men, serving under the presidency of a magistrate,...
- 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...
- predella (1487), as well as from the do****entary evidence that he was decemvir of that city in 1472, in which year he entered into a contract to paint...
- became head of the college of decemvirs, holding office until 449, when he was imprisoned for his actions as decemvir, and either killed himself or was...
- these events. Herodotus completes his History, which records the events concerning the Persian War. Appius Claudius Cr****us, former decemvir (suicide)...
- 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...