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# Code of Hammurabi
## Overview
The Code of Hammurabi (~1754 BCE) is one of the most complete and well-known ancient legal codes, inscribed on a basalt stele and containing 282 laws governing Babylonian society.
The Code of Hammurabi (~1754 BCE) is one of the most complete and well-known ancient legal codes, inscribed on a basalt stele and containing 282 laws governing Babylonian society. @t[~1754 BCE]
## Key Facts
- Date: ~1754 BCE
- Date: ~1754 BCE @t[~1754 BCE]
- Issuer: Hammurabi, King of Babylon
- Language: Akkadian (Babylonian dialect)
- Medium: Basalt stele, 2.25 m tall

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# Code of Ur-Nammu
## Overview
The Code of Ur-Nammu (~2100–2050 BCE) is the oldest known legal code, predating the Code of Hammurabi by ~300 years. It was issued by Ur-Nammu (or his son Shulgi) of the Third Dynasty of Ur.
The Code of Ur-Nammu (~2100–2050 BCE) is the oldest known legal code, predating the Code of Hammurabi by ~300 years. It was issued by Ur-Nammu (or his son Shulgi) of the Third Dynasty of Ur. @t[2100 BCE..2050 BCE]
## Key Facts
- Date: ~2100–2050 BCE
- Date: ~2100–2050 BCE @t[2100 BCE..2050 BCE]
- Issuer: Ur-Nammu or Shulgi, Third Dynasty of Ur
- Language: Sumerian
- Discovered: Fragments found at Nippur and Ur

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# Twelve Tables
## Overview
The Twelve Tables (~451–450 BCE) were the foundation of Roman law, the first written legal code of the Roman Republic. They were created in response to plebeian demands for publicly accessible laws.
The Twelve Tables (~451–450 BCE) were the foundation of Roman law, the first written legal code of the Roman Republic. They were created in response to plebeian demands for publicly accessible laws. @t[451 BCE..450 BCE]
## Key Facts
- Date: ~451–450 BCE
- Date: ~451–450 BCE @t[451 BCE..450 BCE]
- Issuer: Decemviri (commission of ten men)
- Language: Archaic Latin
- Context: Conflict of the Orders between patricians and plebeians
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- Originally inscribed on twelve bronze tablets displayed in the Roman Forum
- Covered: Court procedure, debt, family law, property, inheritance, torts, public law [^1]
- Established legal equality (in principle) between patricians and plebeians
- Prohibited intermarriage between classes (later repealed by *Lex Canuleia*, 445 BCE)
- Prohibited intermarriage between classes (later repealed by *Lex Canuleia*, 445 BCE) @t[=445 BCE]
## Significance
- Foundation of all subsequent Roman law (*ius civile*)
- First written Roman law, ending patrician monopoly on legal interpretation
- Roman schoolchildren memorized them for centuries
- Original tablets lost (possibly in the Gallic sack of Rome, 390 BCE) [^2]
- Original tablets lost (possibly in the Gallic sack of Rome, 390 BCE) @t[=390 BCE] [^2]
- Survived through quotations in later Roman legal and literary sources
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