"The gens was not an association of families; it was the family itself."
Book 2 Ch 10 of Fustel de Coulanges, The Ancient City (1864)
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0:00 Problem of the Gens
4:46 Ancient Writers
12:06 Modern Theories
20:05 Gens = Family
25:55 Footnote: Agnates
27:35 Explanatory Power
28:59 Footnote: Names
32:35 Only Form of Society
37:07 Imagining Their World
39:15 Slave & Client
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Music: Among the Clouds, by Darren Curtis
Thumbnail Image: Parthenon. Image by nonbirinonko from Pixabay, [ Ссылка ]
Image: Fustel, By Autor Desconhecido - [ Ссылка ], Public Domain, [ Ссылка ]
Image: Plaque, By Véronique PAGNIER - Own work, Public Domain, [ Ссылка ]
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