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One of a commission, council, or ruling body of 10.

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  • To them the assembly pays attention, they drown with clamour the voice of the decemvir.
  • But the name of the decemvir still carries terror with it, and the commons waver at the sound.
  • Meantime, Icilius held up the body of his loved one before the people in the forum, and bade them gaze on the work of their decemvir.
  • 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...
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