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Noun Concept
Categories: Social groups, Ancient Roman families, Roman gentes
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name  gens  ancient Roman clan  gentes  gentes maiores
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Family based on male descent WordNet 3.0
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Roman
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Family based on male descent WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In ancient Rome, a gens was a family consisting of individuals who shared the same nomen and who claimed descent from a common ancestor. Wikipedia
A type of clan division that existed in ancient Rome, signified by a persons nomen Wikidata
A legally defined unit of Roman society, being a collection of people related through a common ancestor by birth, marriage or adoption, possibly over many generations, and sharing the same nomen gentilicium. Wiktionary
Legally defined unit of Roman society. Wiktionary (translation)
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He had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
IS A
family
kin
institution
social group
HAS KIND
Cornelia gens
HAS INSTANCE
Licinia gens
Caesia gens
Aebutia gens
Minucia gens
Aelia gens
+531 relations
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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name, gens
Wikipedia
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gens
Wikidata
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gens
Wiktionary
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gens
Wikipedia Redirections
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Gens (Roman), gentes maiores, gentes minores, Roman gens, Roman gentes, stirps
Wikidata Alias
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ancient Roman clan, gentes, Roman gens, Roman gente, Roman gentes

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