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    guardianship of orphans and minors, and the choice of city councillors (decuriones). Marcus showed a great deal of respect to the Roman Senate and routinely...
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  • Decurio (redirect from Decuriones)
    later in provincial towns organized on the Italian model. The number of decuriones varied in different towns, but was usually 100. The qualifications for...
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  • of the Roman Empire - Joseph R. Peden". mises.org. https://www.livius.org/de-dh/decuriones/decuriones.html Archived 2012-10-14 at the Wayback Machine...
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    due each year on 1 September, and levied from individual landowners by decuriones (decurions). These decurions, analogous to city councilors, were responsible...
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  • A decurion (Latin: decurio; pl.: decuriones) was a Roman cavalry officer in command of a squadron (turma) of cavalrymen in the Roman army. During the Roman...
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    converged to the normal type for a Roman municipality, with a Senate of decuriones. Estimates of the population of ancient Athens vary. During the 4th century...
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  • these decuriae one senator was nominated as decurio. Each of the ten decuriones in succession held the regal power and its badges for five days as interrex;...
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    is dated 1245, mentioning one Ardizzone Broglia, father of Guglielmo, decurione of Chieri. The founder of the French de Broglie line was Francesco Maria...
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  • enrolled in a fictional legion, I Audiutrix. In addition, large numbers of decuriones (local councillors) were granted equestrian rank, often obtaining it by...
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    centurio, literally "commanders of 100 men") in the infantry and decurions (decuriones, singular form decurio, literally "commanders of 10 men") in the auxiliary...
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