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- Prohibited intermarriage between classes (later repealed by *Lex Canuleia*, 445 BCE)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- Prohibited intermarriage between classes (later repealed by *Lex Canuleia*, 445 BCE) @t[=445 BCE]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