Council of Ten
Governing body of Venice, 1310–1797 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Council of Ten in the peace negotiations in Versailles after the World War I, see Treaty of Versailles § Negotiations.
The Council of Ten (Italian: Consiglio dei Dieci; Venetian: Consejo de i Diexe), or simply the Ten, was from 1310 to 1797 one of the major governing bodies of the Republic of Venice. Elections took place annually and the Council of Ten had the power to impose punishments upon patricians. The Council of Ten had a broad jurisdictional mandate over matters of state security. The Council of Ten and the Full College constituted the inner circle of oligarchical patricians who effectively ruled the Republic of Venice.