DUUMVIRI Municipales, were two magistrates in some cities of the empire, answering to what the consuls were at Rome: they were chosen out of the body of the decuriones; their office lasted commonly five years, upon which account they were frequently termed quinquinales magistratus. Their jurisdiction was of great extent: they had officers who walked before them, carrying a small switch in their hands; and some of them assumed the privilege of having lictors, carrying axes, and the fasces or bundles of rods, before them.