| TRIBE | ORIGIN OF NAME |
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| Aemilia | part of Italy also called Flaminia; part of the suburbs of Rome. |
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| Aniensis (Juniorum) | after the Anio, a river of Italy tributary to the Tiber, named after Anius, a king of ancient Etruria who reputedly drowned in it. |
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| Arnensis | a people of Italy, possibly descending from Arne, a town destroyed by Hercules, or from the area of the River Arno in Etruria. |
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| Camillia | ? - The Camilli were a college of priests dedicated to the service of the classical gods, instituted by Romulus. |
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| Claudia | a tribe receiving its name from Appius Claudius who settled with a large retinue near Rome. The patrician Claudian family were later to form the first Dynasty of Imperial Rome; they were descended from the Sabine chieftain Atta Clausus. |
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| Clustuminia | ? |
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| Collina | One of the four original urban tribes of Rome, established by Romulus. Also the name of a goddess at Rome, who presided over hills. One of the ancient gates of the city of Rome, situated on mount Quirinalis. |
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| Cornelia | named after a patrician family of Rome which had several distinct branches, the Lentuli, Scipiones and the Balbi, among others. |
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| Esquilina | one of the four original urban tribes established by Romulus, also one of the seven hills of Rome, joined to the city by king Tullus; criminals were executed here and exposed to be devoured by birds of prey. |
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| Fabia | a tribe at Rome named after the Fabii, a patrician family whose name stems from the word faba or bean, as their ancestors were renowned growers of pulses. The Fabaria were a series of festivals held in Rome on the 1st of June in honour of Ceres, when pulses or fabae were offered to the goddess. |
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| Falerna/Falerina | a tribe at Rome, possibly from Falerii (or Falerium), a town in Etruria near the mouth of the Tiber. |
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| Galeria | one of the older Roman tribes. |
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| Horatia | probably from the heroic Roman family the Horatii. |
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| Lemonia | a tribe at Rome. |
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| Maecia | ? |
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| Menenia | a tribe and family at Rome. |
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| Oufetina | ? |
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| Palatina | the largest of the seven hills of Rome, on which the quadrangle of Romulus was built, and after which one of the four original urban Roman tribes became named. |
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| Papiria | ? |
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| Poblilia | ? |
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| Pollia | one of the thirty-five tribes of the city of Rome. |
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| Pomptina/Pontina | ? |
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| Pupinia | ? |
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| Quirina | a tribe at Rome, also one of the surnames of Romulus, in whose honour the quirinalia, the Quirinal Games were held each year on the 13th day before the calends of March (17th February). |
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| Romilia | ? |
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| Sabatina | possibly from the Sabatini peoples of Samnium. |
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| Scaptia | possibly from the like-named town in Latium. |
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| Sergia | after the patrician family the Sergii, from whom were descended many branches; the Sili, Catilinae, Ocellae and the Planci, to name but few
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| Stellatina | ? |
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| Suburana | one of the original four urban tribes of Romulus, also a district in Rome between the Viminal and Quirinal hills, noted for its low-bred and criminally intent denizens. Remarkably, however, the playground of the Dictator Gaius Julius Caesar during his youth. |
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| Teretina | possibly named after a place on the Campus Martius (Field of Mars) near the Capitoline outside Rome, named Terentus. |
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| Tromentina | one of the Roman tribes. |
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| Velina | part of the City of Rome adjoining the Palatine hill, also a tribe of Rome. |
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| Voltinia/Votininia | one of the Roman tribes. |
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| Voturia | possibly named after the Voturi, a people who formerly inhabited Galatia. |
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