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Rh and two buglers, and at the outset, or somewhat later, one century of proletarii.

The probable details of the organization may be seen from the following table:

The citizens were reclassified at regular intervals, and, for convenience in classification, the city was divided territorially into four tribus, called respectively Palatina, Suburana, Collina, and Esquilina. Membership in a tribus was hereditary.

This entire organization of the people by tribes, classes, and centuries was for military purposes only, and the comitia centuriata based upon it had no political functions during the regal period.