decemvir

Could he be a decemvir, he could also be a consul.

From Public Lands and Agrarian Laws of the Roman Republic by Andrew Stephenson

But the name of the decemvir still carries terror with it, and the commons waver at the sound.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 by Various

The great man at Rome during the period of the Samnite wars was Appius Claudius—great grandson of the decemvir, and the proudest aristocrat that had yet appeared.

From Ancient States and Empires by John Lord

The fact of his presiding at the meeting should have been a bar to his being elected a decemvir.

From The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Titus Livius

Virginius had returned to the camp, where the soldiers, having heard of the fall of the decemvir, proceeded to hit him, as usual, when down, renouncing the authority of Appius and his colleagues.

From The Comic History of Rome by Gilbert Abbott ? Becket

When so much land would be thrown into the market it would be sold very cheap and would be sold to those whom the "decemviri" might choose to favor.

From The Life of Cicero Volume One by Anthony Trollope

Let the decemviri perform sacrifice with victims after the Grecian fashion.

From The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 by Titus Livius

The next day a decree of the senate was passed, that the decemviri should inspect the books relating to the celebration of games and sacred rites in honour of Apollo.

From The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 by Titus Livius

When these things were done, the decemviri sacrificed with the larger victims in the forum at Ardea.

From The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 by Titus Livius

The books of the decemviri, we must suppose, were burnt with the oracles in 38 B.C.

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by W. Warde Fowler

The expectation of this, as the day of election approached, created a desire to appoint decemvirs again.

From The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Titus Livius

The people and soldiers rallied around the courageous soldier, took the capitol, and compelled the decemvirs to lay down their office.

From Ancient States and Empires by John Lord

The same tribunes, Sextius and Licinius, being re-elected for the tenth time, succeeded in passing a law, that of the decemvirs for religious matters, one half should be elected from the commons.

From The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Titus Livius

Claudius, Appius, surnamed Crassus, a Roman patrician, consul in 471 and 451 B.C., and in the same and following year one of the decemvirs.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various

The provocatio was to the people, whilst the intercessio referred to the decemvirs against a colleague.

From The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Titus Livius