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Roman Tribes

Abbreviations as Found in Inscriptions

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Power Structure of Early Rome > Roman Tribes > Tribes Abbreviations

The following is a list of the abbreviations for the roman tribes.

AEM Aemilia
ANI Aniensis
ARN Arnensis
CAM Camilia
CLA Claudia
CLU Clustumina
COL Collina (one of the urban tribes of Rome itself)
COR Cornelia
ESQ Esquilina (one of the urban tribes of Rome itself)
FAB Fabia
FAL Falerna
GAL Galeria
HOR Horatia
LEM Lemonia
MAEC Maecia
MEN Menenia
OVF Oufentina
PAL Palatina (one of the urban tribes of Rome itself)
PAP Papiria
POL Pollia
POM Pomptina
PVB Publilia
PVP Pupinia
QVIR Quirina
ROM Romilia
SAB Sabatina
SCAP Scaptia
SER Sergia
STE Stellatina
SVC Suburana (one of the urban tribes of Rome itself)
TER Teretina
TRO Tromentina
VEL Velina
VOL Voltinia
VOT Voturia

Source: Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome, by Lesley Adkins, Roy A. Adkins; SVC for Suburana verified against Sir John Edwin Sandys' Latin Epigraphy: An Introduction to the Study of Latin Inscriptions, which cites Varro De Lingua Latina V. 48.

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