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Definition of Decemvirs
1. decemvir [n] - See also: decemvir
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decemvirs
Literary usage of Decemvirs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Rome by Robert Fowler Leighton (1883)
"It was therefore necessary to choose decemvirs for the next year to complete ...
The Tyranny of the decemvirs.—The decemvirs had scarcely entered upon their ..."
2. The Ancient World from the Earliest Times to 800 A.D. by Willis Mason West (1904)
"The Two Boards of decemvirs.—From their number, ten, these men were known as
decemvirs. ... But the next year Appius Claudius, one of the first decemvirs, ..."
3. A History of Rome: Amply Illustrated with Maps, Plans, and Engravings by Robert Fowler Leighton (1885)
"The decemvirs Re-elected.—The work of the decemvirs gave great satisfaction. ...
It was therefore necessary to choose decemvirs for the next year to ..."
4. An Inquiry Into the Credibility of the Early Roman History by George Cornewall Lewis (1855)
"(ii3) The decemvirs first attempted to prevent this secession by foree ; but they
afterwards permitted it, and confiscated the property of the»seceders. ..."
5. Outlines of History: With Original Tables, Chronological, Genealogical and by Robert Henlopen Labberton (1872)
"During the rule of the decemvirs, neither consuls nor tribunes were elected.
The patricians, apprehensive that when consuls were elected, the power of the ..."
6. Ancient History to the Death of Charlemagne by Willis Mason West (1902)
"C. THE decemvirs.* 320. The Plebs demand Written Laws; the Two Boards of decemvirs.
— In 462, the assembly of the tribes, at the suggestion of their tribune ..."
7. A History of Rome from the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire by Henry George Liddell (1855)
"Resignation of first decemvirs: successors elected, including Appius. §11.
Change iu bearing of Appius: despotism of new decemvirs. § 12. ..."
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