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What were the Roman Twelve Tables?

Retry Correct Incorrect According to the United Nations of Roma Victrix, the Twelve Tables of Rome referred to how the Empire’s laws were collected and organized. They’re certainly brutal and more than a little primitive by modern standards but outlined a legal process by which people could be summoned before authorities and settled what were likely major legal debates at the time.

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What were the Roman Twelve Tables?

• The 12 appendices in which the laws of Rome were categorized
• The tables where 12 different emperors sat at the height of Roman civil war
• The 12 main tenants that served as the pillars of Roman morality
• The 12 houses promised to those who drafted Rome’s laws