Decemvirs

They were called Decemvirs (_decem_, ten; _vir_, a man), and at their head was Lucius Appius Claudius, the grandson of him who had killed himself to avoid being condemned for his harshness.

Young Folks' History of Rome Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

From the Agrarian Law of Sp. Cassius to the appointment of the Decemvirs was a period of more than thirty years.

A Smaller History of Rome William Smith 1853

It was decided that a body of Ten (hence called the "Decemvirs") should be created, from whom there should be no appeal, and that all other magistrates should be suspended for the year.

The History of Rome, Vol. I 1905

The "Decemvirs" had now destroyed the most illustrious advocates of constitutional monarchy and of republican liberty.

A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges John Lord 1852

And when the unrighteous ambition of some noble made it necessary for them to rise up in self-defence, they did so, as in the case of Manlius, the Decemvirs, and others who attempted to oppress them; and so when the public good required them to obey the Dictators and Consuls, they promptly yielded obedience.

The People Are Wiser and More Constant than Princes 2008

In subsequent chapters, Saylor shows us the rebellion of Coriolanus, the Decemvirs writing the Twelve Tables including the disgrace of Appius Claudius, the occupation of Roma by the Goths in the 4th century B.C., the building of the Appian Way, the defeat of Hannibal by Scipio Africanus, the rise and fall of the Brothers Gracchi, the brutal reign of the dictator Sulla, and the rise to power of Gaius Julius Caesar.

Archive 2008-08-01 adamosf 2008

The Senate and the People made very great errors in this creation of the Decemvirs; for although in that discussion made above of the Dictator, that those Magistrates that are self-constituted, not those whom the People create, are harmful to liberty; none the less the People ought, when they create the

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Brutus, the death of the ten Citizens [Decemvirs], and that of

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For where the Roman armies were usually victorious under the Consuls, they always lost under the Decemvirs.

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The election of the Ten citizens [Decemvirs] created by the

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