institution
Centumviri
the centumviral court
also: centumvirs
The 'court of the Hundred Men,' a large panel that heard inheritance and property suits; in Tacitus's day the most prominent civil court, though once overshadowed.
Reading notes
- A Dialogue on Oratory §7 centumvirs
The large 'court of the Hundred Men,' which heard inheritance and property cases; the leading civil court of Tacitus's day.