Vigintisexviri

The vigintisexviri (Template:Singular vigintisexvir; Template:Literally) were a college (collegium) of minor magistrates (magistratus minores) in the Roman Republic. The college consisted of six boards:Template:Sfn

• the decemviri stlitibus judicandis – 10 magistrates who judged lawsuits, including those dealing with whether a man was free or a slave;Template:Sfn
• 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;Template:Sfn
• the tresviri monetales or tresviri aere argento auro flando feriundo – three magistrates who were in charge of striking and casting bronze, silver and gold (minting coins);Template:Sfn
• 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 in the suburbs around the city of Rome proper; and
• the four praefecti Capuam Cumas – praefecti sent to Capua and Cumae in Campania to administer justice there.Template:Sfn

Being a member of the vigintisexviri was a prerequisite to the quaestorship after the reforms of Sulla.Template:Sfn The label used for these magistrates may only have been introduced after Sullan times, but the first of the constituent boards may date back to the third century BC.Template:Sfn

The duoviri viis extra urbem purgandis and the four praefecti Capuam Cumas were abolished by Augustus Template:Circa, reducing the vigintisexviri to the vigintiviri.Template:Sfn In AD 13, the senate restricted eligibility, ordaining that only equites should be eligible to the college of the then-vigintiviri.Template:Sfn The remaining boards were not abolished entirely until at least the third century.Template:Sfn

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