office
Decemvir
decemvir
One of the ten men who in 451-449 BC held supreme power to codify the law (the Twelve Tables); their authority lapsed after two years.
Reading notes
- The Annals §1.1 decemviral power
The power of the ten men who codified the Twelve Tables (451-449 BC), lapsing after two years.
- The Annals §3.29 the office of the Twenty Men
The vigintivirate, the lowest rung of minor magistracies normally held before the quaestorship; Tiberius asked that Nero skip it.