The political life during the Era of the Kings

According to tradition, for the first two and a half century, Rome was ruled by seven Kings. Always according to tradition, the population was divided into three tribes: Ramnensi or Romans, Tizienzi or Sabines and Luceri; each tribe into 10 curie (30 curie) and each curia was divided into 10 gens or houses (300 gens), each of them made up of a number of families.
Part of the population was foreign, it was not included in the tribes and was politically inferior, it had no political rights.It was made up of the so-called clients (from clùere = those who obey) and had to work for a patrician to live.
All the state laws had to be approved by the citizens. Convened by the King, the curie met to vote, and they could answer yes or no to the king's proposals.
The king was the head of the state, a non hereditary authority, elected by the curie and chosen from a list of candidates presented by the Senate, and accepted by the gods.
He was the head of the religion, master of peace and war and, in case of war he was the supreme head of all the armed forces and supreme judge of any capital punishment.
The Senate or Council of the Elders, had the task of advising the king. At the beginning
in the Senate there were 200 members, 100 Romans and 100 Sabines. The earlier Roman form of government was therefore an elective constitutional monarchy, and the powers were shared by the King, the Senate and a thirty member body known as the "Comitia Curatie".