Twelve Tables

British  

plural noun

1. the earliest code of Roman civil, criminal, and religious law, promulgated in 451–450 _bc

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Example Sentences

In the Twelve Tables, published in the Forum, Rome’s laws were written for the first time and were then accessible to all citizens.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Thus, in 451 BCE, members of the Roman government wrote the Twelve Tables, lists of the laws available for everyone to see, which were then posted in the Roman Forum in the center of Rome.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

The Twelve Tables established the idea that all free citizens had a right to the protection of the law.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

From the date of these Leges Regiæ, no specimen of the Latin language is now extant, till we come down to the Twelve Tables, enacted in the commencement of the fourth century of Rome.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John

It is possible that on the eve of the publication of the Twelve Tables this vetoing power may have been greatly curtailed or only occasionally and capriciously exercised.

From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Maine, Henry Sumner, Sir