law
Leges Duodecim Tabularum
the Twelve Tables
also: the Ten Tables, the ten tables, Twelve Tables
Rome's first written code, drawn up by the decemvirs—ten tables under the first board, two more added under the second; the foundation of all later Roman law.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 3 §34 ten tables
The first ten tables of Rome's written law, drawn up by the first decemvirate; with two more added later they became the Twelve Tables, the foundation of Roman law.
- The History of Rome, Book 9 §34 Twelve Tables
Rome's earliest codified law, invoked in the debate over the precedence of statutes.