Duumviri quinquennales, also municipal officers, not to be confused with the above, who were elected every fifth year for one year to exercise the function of the censorship which was in abeyance for the intervening four years.
Duumviri navales, extraordinary officers appointed ad hoc for the equipping of a fleet.
Duumviri aedi locandae, originally officers specially appointed to supervise the erection of a temple.
Duumviri iuri (iure) dicundo, municipal magistrates, whose chief duties were concerned with the administration of justice.
Duumviri viis extra urbem purgandis, subordinate officers under the aediles, whose duty it was to look after those streets of Rome which were outside the city walls.
Down to the time of the Empire it appears that the aediles were not designated officially by that name, but by a title known to us only in an abbreviated form, duumviri v.
The administration was placed in the hands of two pairs of officials, the duumvirs with judiciary authority, duumviri iuri dicundo, and two aediles, who were responsible for the care of buildings and streets and the oversight of the markets.
In times of emergency and distress they were consulted and interpreted by special priests (the duumviri here mentioned).
There were triumviri agro dando or dividendo, triumviri for the division of public land; duumviri juri dicundo, for administering justice, and so forth.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "duumviri" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
