- The
decemviri or
decemvirs (Latin for "ten men")
refer to
official 10-man
commissions established by the
Roman Republic. The most
important were those...
- ten
decemvirs had
shared a consul's
escort of
twelve lictors, each
receiving the
honour in rotation. But the
following year, each of the
decemvirs was...
- with
cases concerning whether an
individual was free.
Originally these decemvirs were a jury of ten men,
serving under the
presidency of a magistrate,...
-
chosen to
serve as
decemvir,
alongside several other ex-consuls, and the consul-elect,
Appius Claudius.
Taking office in 451, the
decemvirs ****embled the first...
- year when
twelve months are displa**** in order)
during the time of the
decemvirs about 450 BC, when it was 29 days long. The 30th day was
added back during...
- the
appointment of a
committee of ten men,
known as the decemviri, or
decemvirs, to
serve for one year in
place of the
annual magistrates, and codify...
- Republic. In the year 451 BC, a
board of ten men,
known as decemviri, or
decemvirs, was
appointed in
place of the
consuls in
order to draw up the tables...
- this theory,
arguing that the
consular plebeians would not have let the
Decemvirs take
their power away that easily. Cf
Brennan 2000, pp. 24–25. He attributes...
-
became the
first month of the
calendar year
either under Numa or
under the
Decemvirs about 450 BC (Roman
writers differ). In contrast, each
specific calendar...
-
first month and
February the last, with its
present order owing to the
Decemvirs. W.
Warde Fowler believed the
Roman priests continued to
treat January...