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the Twelve Tables
Twelve Tables
also: duodecim tabulae
Rome's earliest written code (451-449 BC), the foundation of its civil law; the magistrates ordered its recovery after the Gallic sack.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 6 §1 the Twelve Tables
Rome's earliest written code (451-449 BC), the foundation of its civil law, whose recovery the new magistrates ordered after the sack.
- The History of Rome, Book 7 §17 the Twelve Tables
Rome's earliest written code; the interrex Fabius cites its rule that the people's latest order has the force of law.