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Definition of Duumvirs
1. duumvir [n] - See also: duumvir
Lexicographical Neighbors of Duumvirs
Literary usage of Duumvirs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Alexander III of Russia by Charles Lowe (1895)
"... on the Russian fire—Kaulbars and Soboleff—Tactics of the duumvirs—"Cowardly
King Milan"—"Power into Russian hands"—Prince Alexander at Moscow—Turning of ..."
2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1859)
"duumvirs, among the ancient Romans, two officers appointed temporarily and for
a particular purpose. They were therefore of various sorts, ..."
3. Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom by Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) (1903)
"Though both duumvirs Aediles assumed office upon July 1st, they were elected upon
the same date in March, but the s were voted for first, ..."
4. The History of the Kings of Rome: With a Prefatory Dissertation on Its by Thomas Henry Dyer (1868)
"The law was of dreadful tenor: "Let duumvirs judge the crime of high treason.
If the accused should appeal from the duumvirs, let the appeal be heard; ..."
5. The History of the Kings of Rome: With a Prefatory Dissertation on Its by Thomas Henry Dyer (1868)
"The law was of dreadful tenor: "Let duumvirs judge the crime of high treason.
If the accused should appeal from the duumvirs, let the appeal be heard; ..."
6. A History of Italian Literature by Florence Trail (1903)
"Spurius tells Publius that the king has charged two duumvirs to judge Horatio,
and permitted him the right of appealing to the people, ..."
7. Pompeii, Its Life and Art by August Mau (1907)
"The duumvirs of every fifth year were called quinquennial ... This prefect took
the place of the duumvirs, not only when an election was indecisive, ..."
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