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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.
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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.