dodecarchy

dodecarchy
a) government by a group of twelve people

And this dodecarchy may have lasted much longer than is stated by Herodotus; the immense labyrinth on Lake Moeris, the building of which is ascribed to it, is a proof of this, or else we must deny that it was erected during the dodecarchy.

b) such a group of twelve people

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