They, as has been said before, fought on horseback, while the plebeians fought on foot; but out of the rich plebeians a body was formed called the knights, who also used horses, and wore gold rings like the patricians.
[Illustration: HEAD OF JUPITER.] But the plebeians were always trying not to be left out of everything.
By and by, they said under Servius Tullius, the city was divided into six quarters, and all the families living in them into six tribes, each of which had a tribune to watch over it, bring up the number of its men, and lead them to battle.

Another division of the citizens, both patrician and plebeian, was made every five years.

They were all counted and numbered and divided off into centuries according to their wealth.
Then these centuries, or hundreds, had votes, by the persons they chose, when it was a question of peace or war.

Their meeting was called the Comitia; but as there were more patrician centuries than plebeian ones, the patricians still had much more power.

Besides, the Senate and all the magistrates were in those days always patricians.