| Especially during the Roman Republic, some powerful families, or Gentes Maiores, came to dominate political life. |
| If the Pawnees are organized in gentes, presumptively the other tribes are the same. |
| On the other hand, ius intra gentes, or civil law, is specific to each nation. |
| The sachem of tribes, or tribal-chief is chosen by chiefs of the gentes. |
| Among the Australians the gentes of the Kamilaroi have already been noticed. |
| Furthermore, the only right the gentes claimed in them was a possessory one. |
