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Definition of Decemvirate
1. n. The office or term of office of the decemvirs in Rome.
Definition of Decemvirate
1. Noun. The office or term of office of the decemvirs of ancient Rome, who had absolute authority for two years. ¹
2. Noun. A body of ten men in authority. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decemvirate
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Decemvirate
Literary usage of Decemvirate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Rome by Thomas Arnold (1871)
"THE SECOND decemvirate—STORY OF VIRGINIA—REVOLUTION OF 305. ... became candidates
for the decemvirate; but the commons had little reason to place confidence ..."
2. The history of Rome by Theodor Mommsen, Joseph Anton F. Wilhelm Ihne, William Purdie Dickson (1871)
"BOOK IT is almost surprising that we have such scanty informa- . ,J—. tion regarding
the events which preceded and followed Tl,e the decemvirate. ..."
3. A History of Rome to the Battle of Actium by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh (1894)
"19) says that the name consul was not 1*d until after the decemvirate (449), and
Livy (iii. 55) seems to agree with him. awl all Greek and Roman writers, ..."
4. A History of Rome: From the Earliest Times to the Death of Commodus, A.D. 192 by Leonhard Schmitz (1847)
"As, however, all the ten places in the decemvirate were occupied by patricians,
it may easily be imagined, that but little was done to improve the condition ..."
5. The Development of the Roman Constitution by Ambrose Tighe (1886)
"From a political standpoint, this was the occasion for the institution of the
decemvirate in 451 B. c. It was hoped that if the laws of the state, ..."
6. The History of Rome by Wilhelm Ihne (1871)
"IT is almost surprising that we have such scanty information regarding the events
which preceded and followed the decemvirate. The movement stirred the ..."
7. The History of Nations by Henry Cabot Lodge (1906)
"Chapter VI THE TRIBUNATE OF THE PLEBS AND THE decemvirate. 495-449 BC A' the
beginning of the last chapter we noted the importance of the struggle which was ..."
8. The History of Rome by Barthold Georg Niebuhr, William Smith, Leonhard Schmitz, Julius Charles Hare, Connop Thirlwall (1832)
"... WAR DOWN TO THE decemvirate. THERE was the stronger necessity for trying to
dissolve the union between the two Ausonian nations, since the Sabines were ..."
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