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Definition of Decemviri
1. decemvir [n] - See also: decemvir
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decemviri
Literary usage of Decemviri
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Commentaries of Gaius and Rules of Ulpian by Gaius (1885)
"From the time of the xII Tables decemviri seem always to have existed in the Roman
... Livy further tells us that the decemviri, so called by preeminence, ..."
2. The History of the Roman Or Civil Law: Shewing Its Origins and Progress; How by Claude Joseph de Ferrière, Arthur Duck (1724)
"AH Parties feem'd extreamly pleas'd with the Conduct of the decemviri for the
... they proceeded to a new Election of decemviri; of whom, ..."
3. The History of Rome from the Foundation of the City of Rome to the by Oliver Goldsmith (1823)
"The charges against the decemviri, of rapine and murder, are all, ... The punishment
of the decemviri was what first engaged the attention of these popular ..."
4. The History of Rome from the Foundation of the City of Rome to the by Oliver Goldsmith (1823)
"The charges against the decemviri, of rapine and murder, are all, ... The punishment
of the decemviri was what first engaged the attention of these popular ..."
5. Roman Antiquities: Or an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans ...by Alexander Adam, James Boyd, Lorenzo L. Da Ponte by Alexander Adam, James Boyd, Lorenzo L. Da Ponte (1842)
"The decemviri at first behaved with great moderation. They administered justice
to the people each every tenth day. The twelve fasces were carried before ..."
6. Roman Antiquities: Or, An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans by Alexander Adam (1833)
"Upon their return, ten men (decemviri) were created from the patricians, with
supreme power, ... The decemviri at first behaved with great moderation. ..."
7. Goldsmith's Roman History: Abridged by Himself, for the Use of Schools by Oliver Goldsmith (1825)
"The city was become almost a desert with respect to all who had any thing to
lose, and the decemviri's rapacity was then only discontinued, when they wanted ..."
8. Roman Antiquities: Or an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans ...by Alexander Adam, James Boyd, Lorenzo L. Da Ponte by Alexander Adam, James Boyd, Lorenzo L. Da Ponte (1837)
"The decemviri at first behaved with great moderation. They administered justice
to the people each every tenth day The twelve fasces were carried before him ..."
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