Definition of Duumviri. Meaning of Duumviri. Synonyms of Duumviri

- The duumviri (Latin for 'two men'), originally duoviri and also known in English as the duumvirs, were any of various joint magistrates of ancient Rome...
- The Duumviri navales, lit. 'two men dealing with naval matters', were two naval officers elected by the people of Rome to repair and equip the Roman fleet...
- divine advice and omens. Originally these duties had been performed by duumviri (or duoviri), two men of patrician status. Their number was increased to...
- 1892. 'Duumvirate' prin****lly referred to the offices of the various duumviri established by the Roman Republic. Both, along with less common synonyms...
- Roman army. Prior to the middle of the 3rd century BC, officials known as duumviri navales commanded a fleet of twenty ships used mainly to control piracy...
- and the Roman ****emblies. Labienus used the antiquated procedure of the duumviri, used in the early republic, against Rabirius. The procedure byp****ed normal...
- Apologia 17; C****ius Dio frg. 36.33; Eutropius 2.9.3; Orosius 3.22.1. Duumviri aquae perducendae. Pliny, Natural History 16.185. Frontinus, Aq. 1.6. Valerius...
- surroundings within a few generations. Local government (ancient Roman) Duumviri Colonies in antiquity List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia List of...
- crime was tried before a special tribunal (quaestio) by two officials (duumviri perduellionis), which was perhaps the earliest permanent criminal court...
- charge of a section of the frontier answering to the Magister Militum. Duumviri navales – Two men elected to equip and repair the Roman navy. Equites singulares...