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The gate where the 10th cohorts of the legions were posted. It was opposite the Prætorian gate, and farthest from the enemy. (Latin, decem, ten.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.