[[plebs nor with that of tribunus militum consulari potestate.

Early Rome

The word tribunus derives from tribus, "tribe". In Rome's earliest history, each of the three tribes (Ramnes, Luceres, and Tities) sent one commander when an army was mustered, since there was no standing army. The tribunes were commanders of the original legion of 3,000. By the time of the Greek historian

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