Given the question: Information: - Lazio (; ) is one of the 20 administrative regions of Italy, situated in the central peninsular section of the country. With almost 5.9 million residents and a GDP of more than 170 billion euros, Lazio is the second most populated region of Italy (having approximately the same in population as Campania), and has the second largest economy of the nation. Its capital is Rome, capital and largest city of Italy. - Vatican City , officially Vatican City State or the State of Vatican City, is a walled enclave within the city of Rome. With an area of approximately 44 hectares (110 acres), and a population of 842, it is the smallest State in the world by both area and population, but formally it is not sovereign, sovereignty being held by the Holy See, the only entity of public international law that has diplomatic relations with almost every country in the world. - In ancient Rome , duumviri ( Lat duumvir , '' one of the two men '' ; in plural originally duoviri , '' the two men '' ) was the official style of two joint magistrates . Such pairs of magistrates were appointed at various periods of Roman history both in Rome itself and in the colonies and municipia . Duumviri iuri ( iure ) dicundo were the highest judicial magistrates in the cities of Italy and its provinces . Their chief duties were concerned with the administration of justice . The activities of these individuals are described in the local statutes such as Lex Iulia Municipalis , Lex Irnitana , Lex Malacitana , Lex Rubria , Lex Coloniae , and Genetivae Iuliae . The office was determined by election and lasted one year . Combined with the duumviri aediles , they formed the quattuorviri , a board of four officials . It was often the case that the emperor was elected as one duumvir and the other position was left up to the emperor for the appointment of a praefectus . Duumviri quinquennales were also municipal officers , not to be confused with the above , who were elected every fifth year for one year to exercise the function of the censorship which was in abeyance for the intervening four years . Duumviri sacrorum , which were created by Tarquin , were officers for the performance of sacrifice , and keeping of the Sibylline Books . They were chosen out of the nobility , or patricii , and held their office for life . They were exempted from serving in war , and from the offices imposed on the other citizens . Without them , the oracles of the Sybils could not be consulted . The commission held until the year -388 , when , at the request of C. Licinius and L. Sexius , tribunes of the people , they were increased to ten ( decemviri sacris faciundis ) . That is , in lieu of two persons , the trust was committed to ten -- half patricians , half plebeians . Sulla added five to their number , for a total of fifteen ( quindecimviri sacris faciundis ) . Afterwards , their body was greatly increased , and at length... - TheMediterranean Sea (pronounced ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant. The sea is sometimes considered a part of the Atlantic Ocean, although it is usually identified as a separate body of water. - The Tiber (Latin "Tiberis", Italian "") is the third-longest river in Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing through Umbria and Lazio, where it is joined by the Aniene river, to the Tyrrhenian Sea, between Ostia and Fiumicino. It drains a basin estimated at . The river has achieved lasting fame as the main watercourse of the city of Rome, founded on its eastern banks. - Ancient Rome was an Italic civilization that began on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to become one of the largest empires in the ancient world with an estimated 50 to 90million inhabitants (roughly 20% of the world's population) and covering 5.0millionsquarekilometers at its height in AD 117. - Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a unitary parliamentary republic in Europe. Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, Italy shares open land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, San Marino and Vatican City. Italy covers an area of and has a largely temperate seasonal climate and Mediterranean climate; due to its shape, it is often referred to in Italy as "lo Stivale" (the Boot). With 61 million inhabitants, it is the fourth most populous EU member state. - The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. It has an area of , and an estimated population of over 510 million. The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states. EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital within the internal market, enact legislation in justice and home affairs, and maintain common policies on trade, agriculture, fisheries, and regional development. Within the Schengen Area, passport controls have been abolished. A monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002, and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency. - Rome is a city and special "comune" (named "Roma Capitale") in Italy. Rome is the capital of Italy and of the Lazio region. With 2,870,336 residents in , it is also the country's largest and most populated "comune" and fourth-most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome has a population of 4.3million residents. The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of Tiber river. The Vatican City is an independent country geographically located within the city boundaries of Rome, the only existing example of a country within a city: for this reason Rome has been often defined as capital of two states. - The Italian Peninsula or Apennine Peninsula ("Penisola appenninica") is the central and the smallest of the three large peninsulas of Southern Europe (between the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula). It extends from the Po Valley in the north to the central Mediterranean Sea in the south. The peninsula's shape gives it the nickname "lo Stivale" (the Boot). Three smaller peninsulas contribute to this characteristic shape, namely Calabria (the "toe"), Salento (the "heel") and Gargano (the "spur"). - Latium is the region of central western Italy in which the city of Rome was founded and grew to be the capital city of the Roman Empire. Latium was originally a small triangle of fertile, volcanic soil on which resided the tribe of the Latins or Latians. It was located on the left bank (east and south) of the Tiber river, extending northward to the Anio river (a left-bank tributary of the Tiber) and southeastward to the Pomptina Palus (Pontine Marshes, now the Pontine Fields) as far south as the Circeian promontory. The right bank of the Tiber was occupied by the Etruscan city of Veii, and the other borders were occupied by Italic tribes. Subsequently, Rome defeated Veii and then its Italic neighbors, expanding Latium to the Apennine Mountains in the northeast and to the opposite end of the marsh in the southeast. The modern descendant, the Italian "Regione" of Lazio, also called "Latium" in Latin, and occasionally in modern English, is somewhat larger still, but not as much as double the original Latium. - The (plural: "") is a basic administrative division in Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'duumviri' exhibits the relationship of 'applies to jurisdiction'. Find the answer from the choices below. Choices: - ancient rome - europe - european union - italy - roman empire - san marino - schengen area - vatican city
The answer is:
roman empire