Until the end of barbarism the probability is always against strict heredity, which is quite incompatible with conditions in which rich and poor had completely equal rights within the gens.

• 在野蛮时代结束以前，不大可能有严格的世袭制的，因为这种世袭制是同富人和穷人在氏族内部享有完全平等权利的秩序不相容的。