In
ancient Rome, the
vicus (plural
vici) was a neighborhood. During the
Republican era, the four
regiones of the city of Rome were subdivided into
vici. In the 1st century BC,
Augustus reorganized the city for administrative purposes into
14 regions, comprising 265
vici. Each
vicus had its own board of officials who oversaw local matters. These administrative divisions are recorded as still in effect at least through the mid-4th century.