adjective
- of or relating to the decemvirs, a body of ten magistrates in ancient Rome, or their office and authority
Usage: historical; formal
Examples
- The decemviral period in Roman history lasted from 451 to 449 BCE.
- Decemviral power was granted to address legal reforms in the early Roman Republic.
- The decemviral board compiled the Twelve Tables, Rome's first written legal code.
- Ancient historians debated the extent of decemviral authority during their rule.