dodecarchyEtymologyFrom dodec- + -archy, after the pattern of heptarchy, etc.dodecarchy means A government of twelve people. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounA government 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.”