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Quirites
Quirites
was the earliest name of the citizens of
Ancient Rome
. The singular is
quiris
(meaning "spear"). Sources derive the term from
Cures
, the capital of the
Sabines
, who were assimilated by the Romans early on in their traditional
ethnogenesis
.
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