CHAPTER V.
THE DRIVING OUT OF THE TARQUINS.
B.C.

578--309.
Servius Tullus was looked on by the Romans as having begun making their laws, as Romulus had put their warlike affairs in order, and Numa had settled their religion.

The Romans were all in great clans or families, all with one name, and these were classed in tribes.

The nobler ones, who could count up from old Trojan, Latin, or Sabine families, were called Patricians--from _pater_, a father--because they were fathers of the people; and the other families were called Plebeian, from _plebs_, the people.

The patricians formed the Senate or Council of Government, and rode on horseback in war, while the plebeians fought on foot.