The king's duty was to be head over the military, to deal with foreign politics and also to decide on controversies between the gentes. |
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Additional efforts to connect Celer and Marcella with other gentes are highly speculative. |
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On the other hand, ius intra gentes, or civil law, is specific to each nation. |
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Especially during the Roman Republic, some powerful families, or Gentes Maiores, came to dominate political life. |
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