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11 Απρ 2016 · The Twelve Tables were designed to resolve disputes between members of the Roman aristocracy but they did also benefit the ordinary people (plebeians) in that they could now refer to written laws and reduce the undue influence of aristocrats (patricians) and priests (pontifices).
The Laws of the Twelve Tables (Latin: lex duodecim tabularum) was the legislation that stood at the foundation of Roman law. Formally promulgated in 449 BC, the Tables consolidated earlier traditions into an enduring set of laws.
24 Μαΐ 2020 · They are considered to be the earliest document of Roman law and the first true bit of regularized legislation for the Roman civilization. The statutes in the Twelve Tables consolidated earlier traditions and customs into a definitive set of laws that outlined the rights of every citizen.
Law of the Twelve Tables, the earliest written legislation of ancient Roman law, traditionally dated 451–450 bc. The Twelve Tables allegedly were written by 10 commissioners (decemvirs) at the insistence of the plebeians, who felt their legal rights were hampered by the fact that court judgments.
Tradition tells us that the code was composed by a commission, first of ten and then of twelve men, in 451-450 B.C., was ratifed by the Centuriate Assembly in 449 B.C., was engraved on twelve tablets (whence the title), which were attached to the Rostra before the Curia in the Forum of Rome.
The legal history of Rome begins properly with the Twelve Tables. It is strictly the first and the only Roman code1, collecting the earliest known laws of the Roman people and forming the foundation of the whole fabric of Roman Law.
The Twelve Tables are legal texts created during Rome’s early Republic. The name comes from the fact that they were engraved in twelve panels.
