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gens (jĕnz), ancient Roman kinship group. It was the counterpart of what is known in other societies as a patrilineal clan or sib, and the word has been used in social science as a generic term for such groupings.
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Facts about patrilineal succession: Roman law, ...were the deceased’s own heirs—that is, those who were in his potestas or manus when he died and who were freed from that power at his death. ... Failing these heirs, the nearest agnatic relations (relations in the male line of descent) succeeded, and, ... Ads by Google...
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Roman law (in Roman law: The law of succession) ... Failing these heirs, the nearest agnatic relations (relations in the male line of descent) succeeded, and, if there were no agnates, the members of the gens, or clan, of the deceased succeeded. Later reforms placed children... ... CREATE MY patrilineal ... NEW DOCUMENT...
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Another beef I have with the book is it promises more than it delivers when it comes to Roman genes. Sykes mentions a y-chromosome, he found in a patrilineal clan with no name (what does that mean?),on page 286 that he found only in England and not anywhere else in that same British island.
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patrilineal: Encyclopedia - Clan ... In Greek mythology, the white-robed Moirae or Moerae (Greek Μοίραι — the "Apportioners", often called the Fates) were the personifications of destiny (Roman equivalent: Parcae, "sparing ones", or Fatae; also equivalent to the Germanic Norns).
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133-145) noted the resemblances between Roman law in this matter and the law ... It has nothing whatsoever to do with patrilineal or matrilineal descent any ... him and this cannot happen where the union is outside of the clan limits. ...
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Gens - (jĕnz), ancient Roman kinship group. It was the counterpart of what is known in other societies as a patrilineal clan or sib, and the word has been used in social science as a... ... The members of the Roman gens were descended (or assumed to be descended) from a common ancestor, whose name was used by all...
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Ancient Roman clan whose members were all descended from a common male ancestor. The descendants revered the original male ancestor and identified their relationship by using his name as their second name (e ... , ancient Roman kinship group. It was the counterpart of what is known in other societies as a patrilineal clan...
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Ancient Roman clan whose members were all descended from a common male ancestor. The descendants revered the original male ancestor and identified their relationship by using his name as their second name (e ... , ancient Roman kinship group. It was the counterpart of what is known in other societies as a patrilineal clan...
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