Note 30 — Chapter I · ROME UNDER THE KINGS.
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“The soldiers of Romulus, to the number of three thousand, were divided into three bodies, called ‘tribes.’” (Dio Cassius, Fragm., XIV., edit. Gros.—Dionysius of Halicarnassus, II. 7.—Plutarch, Romulus, 25.)—“The name of tribune of the soldiers is derived from the circumstance that the three tribes of the Ramnes, the Luceres, and the Tatiens each sent three to the army.” (Varro, De Lingua Latina, V. § 81, p. 32, edit. O. Müller.)