Similarly the names of the Athenian g'enh or clans ended in _ides_ or _ades_, as Butades, Phytalides, which had the same signification.

[182] The Gentile or clan name was the _nomen_ or principal name, just as the personal names of the members of the totem-clans were at first connected with the totems.

The members of the _gens_ lived together on a section of the city land and cultivated it under the control of the head of the _gens_.

The original _ager Romanus_ is held to have been 115 square miles or about 74,000 acres, [183] and this was divided up among the clans.

The heads of clans originally lived on their estates and went in to Rome for the periodical feasts and other duties.