Curia (Ancient Rome)

Curia ( lat. Cūria , from co - “together” and vir - “husband”, “adult man”) - a division of the population of Ancient Rome . According to traditional beliefs, Romulus divided the Romans into three tribes : Titius , Ramna, and Lucera (from the latter, incidentally, the 3rd king of Ancient Rome came), and each of the tribes into 10 curiae, which, in turn, were formed by groups of families , or childbirth ( lat. gentes ). Thus, division was based on kinship, and patrician clans dominated in this arrangement. Nevertheless, the assumption that each curia was associated with a certain locality is not refuted, since the names of some of them, for example, Velia or Foriya, clearly indicate this. Each of the 30 curiae had one vote in the archaic form of the national assembly, the chicken comitia, and, probably, as units subordinate to the tribes, the curiae were the basis of the initial organization of the army. As political and military units, the curiae were supplanted by the later organization of Roman citizens in the district tribes, so that the century and tribute commissions became the highest legislative body in Rome.