ramnes

Updated: June 21, 2025

And it was probably the fortified camp of the Romans, which protected an army against surprises and other misfortunes, which gave such efficacy to the legions. The chief officers of the legion were the tribunes, and originally there was one in each legion from the three tribes the Ramnes, Luceres, and Tities. In the time of Polybius the number in each legion was six.

John Lord - The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.

As the Ramnes, Tities, and Luceres appear to have been communities originally independent, they must have had their settlements originally apart; but they certainly did not dwell in separate circumvallations on the Seven Hills, and all fictions to this effect in ancient or modern times must be consigned by the intelligent inquirer to the same fate with the charming tale of Tarpeia and the battle of the Palatine.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)