Western Civilization I / Unit 6 WC1 0505 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Twelve Tables, 451 BCE, and Roman Law's Branches
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The idea
At plebeian insistence the Twelve Tables were posted in the Forum in four fifty-one, law made public. Roman law divided into private and public law, and the Law of Nations for conquered Italy, an early idea of universal justice.
In practice
The legend of ten men sent to study Solon's laws.
Where people slip
Posting the law did not equalize it. Video 0527 reads what it protected.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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