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Twelve Tables (450 B.C.) • Rome’s 1 st code of laws • Earliest surviving lit. from the Romans • Applied to all Roman citizens • Inadequate for later Roman needs, ex. problems b/t Romans and non-Romans new, more encompassing law developed

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Page 1: Twelve Tables (450 B.C.) Rome’s 1 st code of laws Earliest surviving lit. from the Romans Applied to all Roman citizens Inadequate for later Roman needs,

Twelve Tables (450 B.C.)

• Rome’s 1st code of laws• Earliest surviving lit. from the Romans• Applied to all Roman citizens• Inadequate for later Roman needs, ex.

problems b/t Romans and non-Romans new, more encompassing law developed

Page 2: Twelve Tables (450 B.C.) Rome’s 1 st code of laws Earliest surviving lit. from the Romans Applied to all Roman citizens Inadequate for later Roman needs,

Instructions

1. Interpret the meaning of each law. Write out meaning and/or annotate the text.

2. Make a list of Roman values revealed in your set of laws.

3. Choose 2 laws to present, along with the list of values.

Page 3: Twelve Tables (450 B.C.) Rome’s 1 st code of laws Earliest surviving lit. from the Romans Applied to all Roman citizens Inadequate for later Roman needs,

Roman Values• Responsibility• structure• Obedience• Duty• Harsh justice• Debt slavery• Distrust of foreigners• Physical perfection• Survival of the fittest• Family honor• Patrilinear inheritance• Male-dominated

• Food/crops are valuable

• Buildings/property rights are valuable

• Self-defense• Revenge• Mercy• Empathy• Innocent until proven

guilty• Fairness / justice• Cleanliness /

sanitation, safety

Halloween Costumes- Blue whale- MIB- Monkey- Jellyfish- Conjoined twin- GI Joe- Bumble bee- Teletubbie

Page 4: Twelve Tables (450 B.C.) Rome’s 1 st code of laws Earliest surviving lit. from the Romans Applied to all Roman citizens Inadequate for later Roman needs,

QuickWrite

Are the values that you identified in the 12 Tables similar to or different from the values encoded in American law today? Give at least 3 specific examples to support your statement.

Page 5: Twelve Tables (450 B.C.) Rome’s 1 st code of laws Earliest surviving lit. from the Romans Applied to all Roman citizens Inadequate for later Roman needs,

Similarities• Spare the air / no burning

corpses• Innocent until proven guilty• Property rights• Contracts are upheld• Punishment fits crime• Concepts of justice /

fairness• Marriage laws

Differences• US govt doesn’t regulate

marriage b/t ppl of different social classes

• No infanticide (or murder of people with disabilities or murder of people)

• No slaves• Roman law has harsher

punishments• Women’s rights

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