VIGINTISEXVIRI. This was the collective name which was given in Rome to "26" magistrates of inferior rank. They were divided into six boards, two of which were abolished by Augustus. Their number was thereby reduced to twenty and their name altered to VIGIN TIVIRI ("the twenty"). The six boards were: (I) Tresviri capitales (see TREsvnu); ( 2 ) Tres viri monetales; (3) Quatuorviri viis in urbe purgandis, who had the care of the streets and roads inside the city ; (4) Duoviri viis extra urbem purgandis (see DuumvIRI), abolished by Augustus; (5) Decemviri stlitibus iudicandis (see DECEMVIRI) (6) Qua tuor praefecti Capuam Curnas, abolished by Augustus.
See Mommsen, Romisches Staatsrecht, ii. (1887), p. 592.