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decemviri sacris faciundis

Name: Livy Entire
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Author: Titus Livius

decemviri

also: decemviri, decemviri sacris faciundis

The board of ten in charge of the Sibylline Books, who prescribed expiations and foreign rites.

Reading notes

The History of Rome, Book 39 §48 decemvirs
The board of ten in charge of the Sibylline Books, who prescribed expiations of prodigies.

The History of Rome, Book 40 hist · 3 mentions