- (Latin for 'two men'),
originally duoviri and also
known in
English as the
duumvirs, were any of
various joint magistrates of
ancient Rome. Such
pairs of Roman...
-
Diarchy (from Gr**** δι-, di-, "double", and -αρχία, -arkhía, "ruled"), duarchy, or
duumvirate is a form of
government characterized by co-rule, with two...
-
Grenville and Grey,
political historian Archibald Foord describe as
being "
duumvirs of the
party from 1807 to 1817" and
consulted about what was to be done...
- law I
appoint duumvirs to p****
judgment upon
Horatius for
treason [perduellio]. The
dread formula or the law ran thus: ‘Let the
duumvirs pronounce him...
-
jurisdiction power,
elected by the Senate. The term is
related to
triumvir and
duumvir,
respectively describing a post of
three and two people,
which gave rise...
- Ovid
speaks of
Jupiter and his grandson. Livy
records that in 192 BC,
duumvir Q.
Marcus Ralla dedicated to
Jupiter on the
Capitol the two
temples promised...
-
municipium was held by four
annually elected officials,
composed of two
duumvirs and two aediles.
Advisory powers were held by the decurions, appointed...
-
establish the
first curia. At the head of the
government of the city were two
duumvirs,
equivalent to the
Roman consuls at the
local level,
whose name appeared...
- the Antiates, and in 317 BC it
became a municipium. The
Roman colony had
duumvirs, and
quaestors were also
present as magistrates.
During the
civil war against...
- of the
Whigs in
alliance with Marlborough: the two were
nicknamed "the
Duumvirs". The
influence of the
Marlboroughs with the
queen was, however, gradually...
