In early Rome, family clans {clan}| were official political units. Family clans were self-governing and enforced clan customs {ius gentilitatis}. Clans {gens} had subclans {domus, clan}, which became independent of original clans. Clan members {gentile, Roman law} had right to vote, take auspices, be priests, make contracts, enforce contracts, make legal marriages {connubium}, and use legis actiones. Clan members had property rights {dominium}. Public laws limited clan chiefs.
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