id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9706 Vigintisexviri - Wikipedia .html text/html 1136 315 44 Vigintisexviri Wikipedia College of minor magistrates of the Roman Republic Roman Republic Roman Empire Roman Constitution Constitution of the Late Empire Roman law vigintisexvir) was a college (collegium) of minor magistrates (magistratus minores) in the Roman Republic; the name literally means "Twenty-Six Men". 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; [1] the quattuorviri viis in urbe purgandis, also known as quattuorviri viarum curandarum – four magistrates overseeing road maintenance within the city of Rome; the duoviri viis extra urbem purgandis, also known as duoviri curatores viarum – two magistrates overseeing road maintenance near Rome; During the Principate, Caesar Augustus abolished the duoviri viis extra urbem purgandis and the four praefecti Capuam Cumas, thereby changing the vigintisexviri into the vigintiviri ("Twenty Men"). Magistrates Romanization Categories: Roman Republic Ancient Roman titles ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9706.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9706.txt