decemvir

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Caius Valerius Laetorius was created decemvir for the performance of sacred rites, in the room of Quintus Mucius Scaevola, deceased.

From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Livius, Titus

For this man, formerly distinguished at home and abroad, his office of decemvir and his colleagues had so changed, that he chose rather to be like to Appius than like himself.

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

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

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

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 Livius, Titus

In the sketch of his life prefixed to his works, Niebuhr collates the friendships he himself mentions, with his fellow-poet Paulus Silentiarius, with Theodorus the decemvir, and Macedonius the ex-consul.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert