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Latin:
Tribunus

tribune, any of various military and civil officials in ancient Rome. Military tribunes (tribuni militum) were originally infantry commanders. Under the early republic there were six to a legion; some were appointed by the consuls (chief executives) or military commanders, and others were elected by the people. Under the empire (after 27 bc) the military tribunate was a preliminary part of a senatorial or an equestrian career and subject to the emperor’s nomination. Tribunes commanded bodyguard units and auxiliary cohorts. The tribuni plebis (tribunes of the plebs, or lower classes) were in existence by the 5th century bc; their office ...(100 of 421 words)

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