| The usurped government of the decemvirs in Rome was of the same kind. |
| The first decemvirs had earned the respect and esteem of their fellow-citizens. |
| The decemvirs were thus intrusted with supreme power in the state. |
| What power is that, decemvirs, which ye embrace and hold so firmly? |
| We can tell little or nothing about the regard paid to the decemvirs. |
| But though the decemvirs had been spared from death by fire, they were not forgiven. |
