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Maty - thanks for commenting, and good call. The use of the term "primogeniture-based world" implies a national or global context that is not warranted in this case. I was referring to the author's statement.... (She) clearly understood that I had no prospects within the family. My older brother, Lucius, would get the farm, and my uncle, Lucius... would get the businesses..." Clearly inheritance in Rome at the time was not governed by primogeniture - even girls could inherit. I unconsciously extrapolated the rules of the family outwards to Gallic village life of the time and was sloppy in my use of the term - I am not knowledgeable about the rules of inheritance in Gaul during the time of the Late Republic. My bad! Thanks for keeping me honest.