Diarchy (from Greek δι-, di-, "double", and -αρχία, -arkhía, "ruled"), duarchy, or duumvirate is a form of government characterized by corule, with two...

(Latin for "two men"), originally duoviri and also known in English as the duumvirs, were any of various joint magistrates of ancient Rome. Such pairs of magistrates...

jurisdiction power, elected by the Senate. The term is cognate with triumvir and duumvir, respectively describing a post of three and two people, which gave rise...

chief magistracy, another title was often used, such as the Punic sufet, Duumvir, or native styles like Meddix. The city-state of Genoa, unlike ancient...

the defenders. For this victory, he was awarded a triumph and elected duumvir by the colony of Antioch of Pisidia. By 1 AD, Quirinius was appointed tutor...

from some of his best speeches. His father was a municipal magistrate (duumvir) who bequeathed at his death the sum of nearly two million sesterces to...

raised the issue in Parliament. Convinced of Harley's caballing, the duumvirs threatened the Queen with resignation unless she dismissed him. Anne fought...

Ovid speaks of Jupiter and his grandson. Livy records that in 192 BC, duumvir Q. Marcus Ralla dedicated to Jupiter on the Capitol the two temples promised...

supposed spot of their appearance. One of Postumius’ sons was elected duumvir in order to dedicate the temple on 15 July (the ides of July) 484 BC. During...

inhabitants were granted citizenship under Trajan; Lucius was the first duumvir of the new colonia (IRT 412). He is likely the wealthy equestrian that...

son Quintus' support for Ceius Secundus, a candidate for the office of duumvir. The tablinum, or study, contains numerous wall paintings. An amphora given...

military officer. Before getting admitted into the ordo equester, he was duumvir of Neviodunum. Afterwards, he occupied multiple procurator posts under...

imperial legate was away, the chiliarch, a military commander, and the duumvir, a civil magistrate, threw a number of Christians, who confessed their...

soldiers had quarreled and fought with those of Pleminius. Gaius Matienus, duumvir navalis in 181 BC, captured thirty-two ships from the Ligures. Marcus Matienus...

Q(uinto) Curtio Rufo II vir(o) et invent(ore), “Quintus Curtius Rufus being duumvir and discoverer.” André Piganiol’s exegesis of the text is as follows. The...

jurisdiction of ius Italicum or Roman law. Four pairs of colonial magistrates (duumvirs quinquennales) are known for this period. The ruin of the city is described...

of the Whigs in alliance with Marlborough: the two were nicknamed "the Duumvirs". The influence of the Marlboroughs with the queen was, however, gradually...

career in local Pompeian politics, having been elected aedile, duumvir and quinquennial duumvir (in 55 A.D.) before the age of forty. He gained wide popularity...

erected (entirely in marble) by Gaius Calpurnius Celsus, quinquennial duumvir of the city, to commemorate the victories of Lucius Verus, junior colleague...

ordo decurionum) and a hierarchy of magistrates: quaestors, aediles, and duumvirs. The social classes of the time consisted of the decurions at the top,...

importance at Italica and Arva in Baetica. Gaius Traius Pollio was one of the duumvirs at Italica, while Quintus Traius Areianus was honoured with a statue at...

history was a duumvir of Luceria in Apulia at the end of the Pyrrhic War; the gens might therefore come from this city. Gaius Modius Cr. f., duumvir of Luceria...

municipium was held by four annually elected officials, composed of two duumvirs and two aediles. Advisory powers were held by the decurions, appointed...

who was later procurator of Judaea. Tiberius Claudius Verus, one of the duumvirs at Pompeii in AD 62, when an earthquake devastated the city on February...

its first fleet, consisting of 20 ships, most likely triremes, with each duumvir commanding a squadron of 10 ships. However, the Republic continued to rely...

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consul suffectus from May to June in AD 73. Lucius Aelius Magnus, appointed duumvir at Pompeii by order of Nero, after helping to rebuild the city following...

the Antiates, and in 317 BC it became a municipium. The Roman colony had duumvirs, and quaestors were also present as magistrates. During the civil war against...

establish the first curia. At the head of the government of the city were two duumvirs, equivalent to the Roman consuls at the local level, whose name appeared...

overhauled, with the Punic-style suffetes replaced by annually elected duumvirs, or pairs of magistrates. However, the city's position was always tenuous;...