institution
Quinqueviri (the Five Commissioners)
the five-men
also: the five, Vviri
An inner committee of five drawn from the twenty land commissioners of Caesar's agrarian law of 59 BC. Cicero seizes on a hint that even these five are now quarrelling as a sign of the coalition fracturing (Att. 2.7.4).
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 2.7 §4 even some of the five-men are talking
The quinqueviri ("five-men") were an inner committee of five drawn from the twenty land commissioners. Atticus has hinted that dissension is now surfacing even within this select board --- a sign, Cicero hopes, of the coalition cracking.