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Vigintisexviri

College of minor magistrates of the Roman Republic

The vigintisexviri were a college (collegium) of minor magistrates in the Roman Republic. The college consisted of six boards:the decemviri stlitibus judicandis – 10 magistrates who judged lawsuits, including those dealing with whether a man was free or a slave; the tresviri capitales, also known as nocturni – three magistrates who had a police function in Rome, in charge of prisons and the execution of criminals; the tresviri monetales or tresviri aere argento auro flando feriundo – three magistrates who were in charge of striking and casting bronze, silver and gold ; the quattuorviri viis in urbe purgandis – four magistrates overseeing road maintenance within the city of Rome; the duoviri viis extra urbem purgandis – two magistrates overseeing road maintenance near Rome; and the four praefecti Capuam Cumas – praefecti sent to Capua and Cumae in Campania to administer justice there.

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