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From Roman Law: Historical Periods and Sources of Roman Law · Periods of Roman Legal History
When were the Twelve Tables, Rome's first written body of law, drawn up?
- Under Augustus, in the 1st century BC
- In the mid-5th century BC
- At Rome's founding, in the 8th century BC
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Answer: In the mid-5th century BC
Tradition dates the Twelve Tables to about 451-450 BC, early in the Republic, drafted by a board of ten men (the decemviri).
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