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TRIBE (Latin, tribus, from tres, three) a word which is
believed to have originally meant a "third part" of the people, in reference
to the three patrician orders or political divisions of the people of
Ancient Rome - the Ramnes, Tities, and Luceres; representing the
Latin, Sabine and Etruscan settlements.
The Ramnes (a name later changed to "Romans") were the equites, or
noble knight class, although the word was also used a synonym for blue-blood
or aristocracy. They were considered the direct descendants of
Romulus, founder of Rome, who was raised by a wolf.
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