LAW OF THE TWELVE TABLES By Brett A Shapbell What Are the Twelve Tables Earliest attempt by the Romans to create a Code of Law Earliest Surviving Piece of Literature from the Romans How Did the Tables Come About The Struggle Between Patricians privileged class and Plebeians common people Legal Social Protection and Civil Rights The 1 Commission st A Commission of 10 men Known as the Decemviri 455 B C E Created Laws to Fill Ten Tablets Laws Were Already Customary Law The 2 Commission nd First Ten Tables were Unsatisfactory Especially to the Plebeians A 2nd Commission of men was created 450 B C E Two Additional Tablets of Laws were Created Laws of the Tablets Table I Procedure for Courts and Trials Table II Trials Table III Debt Table IV Rights of Fathers over the Family Table V Legal Guardianship and Inheritance Laws Table VI Acquisition and Possession Laws of the Tablets Table VII Land Rights Table VIII Laws of Injury Table IX Public Law Table X Sacred Laws Table XI Supplement I Table XII Supplement II What happened to the Twelve Tablets The Tablets said to have been inscribed in bronze were most likely destroyed when the Gauls sacked and burned Rome in the invasion of 387 B C E What is the Significance of the Twelve Tables The Foundation of Roman Law Settled dispute between Patricians and Plebeians The Earliest Surviving piece of Literature coming from the Romans Held the Society together The End
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