10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECEMVIRI»
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decemviri in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Operas of Alessandro Scarlatti: main ser. 11. La Caduta ...
This acclaimed edition of Scarlatti's operas is making available authentic versions of the works of one of the key figures in the history of opera.
Alessandro Scarlatti, Donald Jay Grout, Hermine Weigel Williams,
1980
2
Augusto Augurio: Rerum Humanarum Et Divinarum Commentationes ...
To restore the pax deonnu, the senate generally consulted either the haruspices
or the decemviri sacris faciundis, who would suggest expiations such as animal
sacrifices, the importation of foreign deities, or multi-day ceremonies called ...
Christoph F. Konrad,
2004
3
The Commentaries of Gaius
Livy tells us that the original Decemviri, by whom the XII Tables were drawn up,
themselves exercised judicial functions "singuli d?cimo quoque die," (III. 33).
When the consular government was re-established a court of decemviri was still
kept ...
4
Bibliotheca Classica: Or, A Classical Dictionary
We have, it is true, the authority of Florus, Orosius, and Aurelius Victor, in favor of
the Roman laws having been compiled from the code of Solon ; but, on the other
hand, Diodorus Siculus, who makes mention of the Decemviri, and of the laws ...
John Lemprière, Charles Anthon,
1831
5
The history of the Roman or civil law: Shewing its origins ...
V. Of the Decemviri, and Law of the Twelve Tables. Notwithstanding the strong
Opposition made by the Magistrates and Senators, whom nothing would satisfie
but an Arbitrary Government, it was resolved about the Year of I{pme 299, to fend
...
Claude Joseph de Ferrière, Sir Arthur Duck,
1724
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Frederic P Miller, Agnes F Vandome, John McBrewster,
2011
7
Greek and Roman Chronology: Calendars and Years in Classical ...
Michels put forward this view,1 along with the suggestion that the introduction of
the republican calendar may be associated with the decemviri of 450 B.C., who
are credited with introducing a bill concerning intercalation.2 Whatever the ...
Alan Edouard Samuel,
1972
8
Roman Political Thought: From Cicero to Augustine
The Romans then transferred all authority to the decemviri, a Board of Ten who
would codify the laws of Rome.73 Although the beginning of the decemviri was
by all appearances promising enough – and Livy points to the publicness by
which ...
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A Classical Dictionary: Containing a Copious Account of All ...
[They all perished either in prison or banishment ] Consuls were again appointed
, and tranquillity re-established in the state [There were also military decemviri ;
and on various emergencies, decemviri were created to manage and regulate ...
John Lemprière, Charles Anthon,
1825
10
Temples, Religion, and Politics in the Roman Republic
parricide: he was sewn into a sack and thrown into the sea.18 This tale was
probably invented as a cautionary tale for the decemviri, a reminder that the state
controlled the Sibylline Books. On those occasions when the Senate ordered a ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECEMVIRI»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
decemviri is used in the context of the following news items.
Republics and Democracies
On its return the Roman Assembly chose ten men — and hence called the Decemviri — to rule with supreme power while formulating a new ... «The New American, May 13»
The Arbitrary Will of Vindictive Tyrants
We may justly address you, as the Decemviri did the Romans, and say— †Nothing that we propose can pass into a law without your consent ... «Tenth Amendment Center, Sep 10»