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Attributed by Livy to the sixth Roman king, Servius Tullius, [3] the urban tribes were named for districts of the city and were the largest and had the least political power. In the later Republic, poorer people living in the city of Rome itself typically belonged to one of these tribes. [4]
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The gens (plural gentes) was a Roman family, of Italic or Etruscan origins, consisting of all those individuals who shared the same nomen and claimed descent from a common ancestor. It was an important social and legal structure in early Roman history .
According to the ancient Roman tradition, shortly after the founding of Rome, Romulus created the first three tribes: the Ramnes, Tities, and Luceres.The etymology of the Latin word tribus is unclear: it may relate to the word for three (tres) or a cognate in the Iguvine Tablets referring to the community as a whole. [5]
This an alphabetical list of ancient Romans, including citizens of ancient Rome remembered in history. This list ...
This is a list of Roman nomina. The nomen identified all free Roman citizens as members of individual gentes, originally families sharing a single nomen and claiming descent from a common ancestor. Over centuries, a gens could expand from a single family to a large clan, potentially including hundreds or even thousands of members.
In ancient Rome, a gens (/ ɡ ɛ n s / or / dʒ ɛ n z /, Latin:; pl.: gentes [ˈgɛnteːs]) was a family consisting of individuals who shared the same nomen gentilicium and who claimed descent from a common ancestor.
See also List of Roman gentes. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. Ancient ... Ancient Romans by gens (283 C) R.