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Definition of Decemviri

Decemviri
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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- Other decemviri include the decemviri for adjudging litigation (decemviri stlitibus judicandis), the decemviri for making sacrifices (decemviri sacris...
- The decemviri stlitibus judicandis was a civil court of ancient origin, traditionally attributed to Servius Tullius, which originally dealt with cases...
- Plebis of 449 BC was precipitated by the abuses of a commission of the decemviri (Latin for "ten men") and involved demands for the restoration of the...
- According to Roman tradition, it was a Decemvirate (Latin: decemviri consulari imperio legibus scribundis, 'decemvirs with consular power for writing...
- Decemviri Altarpiece (Italian: Pala dei Decemviri) is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Pietro Perugino, executed in 1495–1496, and housed...
- the Roman Republic (Oxford University Press, 1999), pp. 183–184 online. Decemviri Sacris Faciundis in Smith's Dictionary of Gr**** and Roman Antiquities...
- self-regulation by the patricians, or for other reasons. Around 450 BC, the first decemviri (decemvirate, board of "Ten Men") were appointed to draw up the first...
- notable death squads emerged from Romania's Iron Guard: the Nicadori, the Decemviri and the Răzbunători. Motivated by a combination of fascist political ideology...
- Verginius. Livy directly links Verginia's death to the overthrow of the decemviri and the re-establishment of the Roman Republic. In 451 BC, the decemvir...
- act 3 of Alessandro Scarlatti's 1697 opera La caduta de' decemviri (The fall of the decemviri) to a libretto by Silvio Stampiglia. The da capo aria in...