HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Hammurabi’s Code
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The Twelve Tables
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The Ten Commandments
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Draco’s Code
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Detailed explanation-1: -Law of the Twelve Tables, Latin Lex XII Tabularum, the earliest written legislation of ancient Roman law, traditionally dated 451–450 bc.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Twelve Tables, which were inscribed on bronze plaques and posted in the forum for all Romans to see, represent the first formal codification of Roman laws. The laws dealt with legal procedures, debt, family relations, property, and other matters of law.
Detailed explanation-3: -The ius scriptum was the body of statute laws made by the legislature. The laws were known as leges (lit. “laws") and plebiscita (lit. “plebiscites, ‘’ originating in the Plebeian Council).
Detailed explanation-4: -In 450 B.C.E., the Law of the Twelve Tables was created to meet the need for a reliable set of Roman laws. The citizens of Rome were pleased because the Twelve Tables gave them a written copy of the rights they thought they deserved.
Detailed explanation-5: -Civil law (ius civile) – in the Roman Republic/Empire, the body of law that applied to citizens. Code – Part of the compilation of Justinian, or Cor-pus iuris civilis, that outlined the actual laws of the empire, citing imperial constitutions, legislation and pronouncements.