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Definition of Septemviri

Septemviri
Septemvir Sep*tem"vir, n.; pl. E. Septemvirs, L. Septemviri. [L. septemviri, pl.; septem seven + viri, pl. of vir man.] (Rom. Hist.) One of a board of seven men associated in some office.

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- number was increased to seven by Sulla; hence they were also known as the septemviri epulonum, "seven men of the sacrificial banquets". Julius Caesar expanded...
- to seven, and by Caesar to ten, although they continued to be called septemviri, a name which was still in use at the end of the 4th century. They were...
- priestly colleges (pontifices, augures, quindecimviri sacris faciundis, septemviri epulonum, etc.); direct evidence for membership, however, is available...
- septemvir was one of seven men appointed to execute a commission. The term septemviri was used to refer to such a commission collectively. Seven-man commissions...
- of ancient Rome Flamen (AD 250–260) Major colleges Pontifices Augures Septemviri epulonum Quindecimviri sacris faciundis Other colleges or sodalities Fetiales...
- of ancient Rome Flamen (AD 250–260) Major colleges Pontifices Augures Septemviri epulonum Quindecimviri sacris faciundis Other colleges or sodalities Fetiales...
- of ancient Rome Flamen (AD 250–260) Major colleges Pontifices Augures Septemviri epulonum Quindecimviri sacris faciundis Other colleges or sodalities Fetiales...
- and member of one of the four great religious corporations in Rome, the Septemviri Epulonum. It is of brick-faced concrete covered with slabs of white marble...
- of ancient Rome Flamen (AD 250–260) Major colleges Pontifices Augures Septemviri epulonum Quindecimviri sacris faciundis Other colleges or sodalities Fetiales...
- of ancient Rome Flamen (AD 250–260) Major colleges Pontifices Augures Septemviri epulonum Quindecimviri sacris faciundis Other colleges or sodalities Fetiales...