Septemvir Explained

In ancient Rome, a septemvir was one of seven men appointed to execute a commission. The term septemviri was used to refer to such a commission collectively. Seven-man commissions were appointed to serve both secular and religious purposes. One of the most significant religious groups in Rome was the septemviri Epulones, a college of priests who prepared the feasts in honour of the gods.^[1]

See also

• Triumvirate
• Decemviri

Notes and References

1. Book: A New and copious lexicon of the Latin language: compiled chiefly from the Magnum totius latinitatis lexicon of Facciolati and Forcellini, and the German works of Scheller and Luenemann, Volumes 1-2. Leverett, Frederick Percival. Rice and Kendall. 1853.