triumviri

• “But his triumviri terrarum far beyond the rest, are”

  Anatomy of Melancholy

• “Triumviri might be very well; Archie also had heard of triumviri; but two were company, and three were none.”

  The Claverings

• “The singular, _triumvir_, does not justify the plural _triumviri_, since the ordinary grammatical laws require _tres viri_.”

  C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino

• “The care of the jails, up to the middle of the third century, was included among the duties of the triumviri capitales.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss

• “The supervision of the public prisons at Rome was entrusted to the triumviri capitales.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss

• “We have an order from the triumviri," began one officer.”

  A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C.

• “_Ep_. lviii Promulgavit et aliam legem agrariam, qua sibi latius agrum patefaceret, ut iidem triumviri judicarent qua publicus ager, qua privatus esset.”

  A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate

• “The consular _triumviri_, not perhaps quite independent of external influences, were originally adopted as a temporary expedient.”

  The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04

• “The aediles and triumviri capitales, responsible for the order of the city, could do nothing; the Senate had to commission the praetor urbanus to rid the people of these _religiones_.”

  The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus

• “The _triumviri capitales_, who had the charge of the prison and of the punishment of the condemned.”

  Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War

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