List of Roman tribes

Tribes () were groupings of citizens in ancient Rome, originally based on location. Voters were eventually organized by tribes, with each Roman tribe having an equal vote in the Tribal Assembly.

Original tribes Latin tribus perhaps derives from the Latin word for "three", trēs. The Romans believed that through much of the early regal period of Roman history, there were only three tribes:About.com: 35 Tribes of Rome , accessed 2 October 2010, 4:15 am (GMT) Ramnes Tities Luceres These names were also preserved in the names of six of the later centuries of Roman equites.

Later tribes Livy records that in 495 BC the number of tribes was increased to 21,Livy, Ab urbe condita, 2.21 and the number of tribes reached 35 in 242 BC and was not expanded further.

Urban tribes Attributed by Livy to the sixth Roman king, Servius Tullius,Livy, Ab urbe condita, 1.43.13) 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.About.com: Names of the 35 Tribes of Rome , accessed 2 October 2010, 4:25 am (GMT) Freedmen were also traditionally assigned to one of these tribes. Collina Esquilina Palatina Suburana

Rural tribes

Landowners and aristocracy traditionally belonged to the 31 smaller rural tribes. Many rural tribes derive from prominent Roman gentes, or family names, such as Cornelia or Fabia. Aemilia Aniensis Arniensis Camilia Claudia Clustumina Cornelia Fabia Falerna/Falerina Galeria Horatia Lemonia Maecia Menenia Oufentina/Oufetina Papiria Poblilia Pollia Pomptina/Pontina Pupinia Quirina Romilia Sabatia/Sabatina Scaptia Sergia Stellatina Teretina Tromentina Velina Voltinia/Votinia Voturia

The official order of the tribes

There was an official order of the tribes. Literature and archaeological documentation show that the urban tribes are enumerated according to a counter-clockwise circuit of the city. On that basis, Lily Ross Taylor suggested that the same held for the rural tribes.

Archaeological findings of tesserae led Michael Crawford to suggest that the tribes were ordered according to the principal roads leading counter-clockwise from Rome (Ostiensis, Appia, Latina, Praenestina, Valeria, Salaria, Flaminia and Clodia).

Abbreviation of the tribe Name of the tribeItalicized the rural tribes derived from Roman gentes Character of the tribeDate of establishment#In bold the number documented by literature and archeological evidence AEM Aemilia olderBefore 495 BC rural tribe 6th century BC VIII ANI Aniensis later rural tribe XXIV ARN Arnensis later rural tribe XXXV CAM Camilia older rural tribe 6th century BC XXIII CLA Claudia older rural tribe XXII CLU Clustumina older rural tribe XXVIII COL Collina urban tribe 6th century BC IV COR Cornelia older rural tribe 6th century BC XXI ESQ Esquilina urban tribe 6th century BC III FAB Fabia older rural tribe 6th century BC XXV FAL Falerna later rural tribe XIII GAL Galeria older rural tribe 6th century BC XXXIII HOR Horatia older rural tribe 6th century BC IX LEM Lemonia older rural tribe 6th century BC XIV MAE Maecia later rural tribe X MEN Menenia older rural tribe 6th century BC XIX OVF Oufentina later rural tribe XVI PAL Palatina urban tribe 6th century BC II PAP Papiria older rural tribe 6th century BC XV POB Poblilia later rural tribe XX POL Pollia older rural tribe 6th century BC XXVI POM Pomptina later rural tribe XII PVP Pupinia older rural tribe 6th century BC XVIII QVI Quirina later rural tribe XXIX ROM Romilia older rural tribe 6th century BC V SAB Sabatina later rural tribe XXXIV SCA Scaptia later rural tribe XI SER Sergia older rural tribe 6th century BC XXVII STE Stellatina later rural tribe XXXI SVB Suburana urban tribe 6th century BC I TER Teretina later rural tribe XVII TRO Tromentina later rural tribe XXXII VEL Velina later rural tribe XXX VOL Voltinia older rural tribe 6th century BC VI VOT Voturia older rural tribe 6th century BC VII

List of Roman tribes

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