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Definition of Decemvirate

Decemvirate
Decemvirate De*cem"vi*rate, n. [L. decemviratus.] 1. The office or term of office of the decemvirs in Rome. 2. A body of ten men in authority.

Meaning of Decemvirate from wikipedia

- Roman Republic. The most important were those of the two Decemvirates, formally the "decemvirate with consular power for writing laws" (Latin: decemviri...
- According to Roman tradition, it was a Decemvirate (Latin: decemviri consulari imperio legibus scribundis, 'decemvirs with consular power for writing...
- Republic, most notable as the leading member of the ten-man board (the Decemvirate) which drew up the Twelve Tables of Roman law around 451 BC. He is also...
- the first two years of the decemvirate and the creation of the first Roman Law Tables. Book X   461–449 BC The decemvirate continued. Note The last ten...
- Caeso Duillius Longus was a Roman politician, a member of the Second Decemvirate in 450 and 449 BC. Caeso or Kaeso was an uncommon Roman first name (praenomen)...
- he advised and subsequently defended following the overthrow of the decemvirate. Elected consul in 460 with Publius Valerius Poplicola, Claudius and...
- events in the Conflict of the Orders in the years leading up to the decemvirate. A scion of the noble patrician house of the Quinctii, Caeso was tall...
- patricians, or for other reasons. Around 450 BC, the first decemviri (decemvirate, board of "Ten Men") were appointed to draw up the first ten tables....
- historical tradition, he and Valerius pla**** an important role in ending the Decemvirate and bringing harmony between the patrician and plebeian orders. To the...
- historians. They generally do not believe that a second decemvirate ever took place. The decemvirate of 451 BC is believed to have included the most controversial...