decemvir
/dɪˈsɛmvər/
noun
- One of a group of ten officials in ancient Rome who were appointed to govern or to create laws.
- Each decemvir served for one year and had to follow strict rules.
- Historians study the role of the decemvir in the early Roman Republic.
- The decemvir was given special authority to write down the laws of Rome.
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