The first decemvirs had earned the respect and esteem of their fellow-citizens. |
All these acts were performed according to the injunctions of the decemvirs. |
The decemvirs were thus intrusted with supreme power in the state. |
The usurped government of the decemvirs in Rome was of the same kind. |
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. |