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The concept that flourished during the most glorious periods of republican Rome and that appeared in the Twelve Tables of the Law as one of the first, though as yet imperfect, affirmations of the rights of man, inspired the struggle between patricians and plebeians.
Ernesto Teodoro Moneta

Meaning of "the Twelve Tables" in the English dictionary

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WHAT DOES THE TWELVE TABLES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Twelve Tables

Ancient Rome portal v t e The Law of the Twelve Tables (Latin: Leges Duodecim Tabularum or Duodecim Tabulae) was the ancient legislation that stood at the foundation of Roman law. The Law of the Twelve Tables formed the centrepiece of the constitution of the Roman Republic and the core of the mos maiorum (custom of the ancestors). The Twelve Tables came about as a result of the long social struggle between patricians and plebeians. After the expulsion of the last king of Rome, Tarquinius Superbus, the Republic was governed by a hierarchy of magistrates. Initially only patricians were eligible to become magistrates and this, among other plebeian complaints, was a source of discontent for plebeians. In the context of this unequal status, plebeians would take action to secure concessions for themselves using the threat of secession. They would threaten to leave the city with the consequence that it would grind to a halt, as the plebeians were Rome's labour force.

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Translator English - Chinese

十二铜表
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Translator English - Spanish

las Doce Tablas
570 millions of speakers

English

the Twelve Tables
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बारह टेबल्स
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Translator English - Arabic

جداول اثنا عشر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Двенадцать Столы
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Doze Tábuas
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Translator English - Bengali

বারো টেবিল
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Douze Tables
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Dua Belas Meja
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die zwölf Tafeln
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十二表
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십이 표
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Rolas
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Twelve Tables
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பன்னிரண்டு அட்டவணைகள்
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बारा टेबल
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On İki Masalar
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Translator English - Italian

Dodici Tavole
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Dwunastu Tablic
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Дванадцять Столи
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cele Douăsprezece Table
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οι Δώδεκα Πίνακες
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die Twaalf Tafels
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Translator English - Swedish

de tolv Tabeller
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De tolv Tabeller
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Ernesto Teodoro Moneta
The concept that flourished during the most glorious periods of republican Rome and that appeared in the Twelve Tables of the Law as one of the first, though as yet imperfect, affirmations of the rights of man, inspired the struggle between patricians and plebeians.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE TWELVE TABLES»

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The Civil Law Including the Twelve Tables, the Institutes of ...
(5) These statutes having been passed, it follows as a natural consequence that discussion in the forum became requisite ; as a proper interpretation demands the authority of persons learned in the law. This discussion and this law composed ...
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Institutiones:
According to the same law of the Twelve Tables, the tutorship of freed- women and of freed- men under the age of puberty, belongs to the patrons, and the patrons' children. This tutorship is called ' ' by law", not because the above law contains ...
Gaius, Justinian I (Emperor of the East), Thomas Lambert Mears, 1882
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Ancient Roman Statutes: A Translation with Introduction, ...
Dolo malo (by malicious deception) : what . . . was added malo (malicious) . . . either is an archaism, because in the Twelve Tables it was written thus by the old writers, or is a constant epithet attached to dolus (deception) . . . 5. The Twelve ...
Allan Chester Johnson, Paul Robinson Coleman-Norton, Frank Card Bourne, 1961
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Roman Law: Mechanisms of Development
the Twelve Tables, held that the original tablets were wooden, inscribed in bronze at a much later date.1 According to Taubler, however, there never was an official publication of the Twelve Tables, and any reference thereto was an invention.2 ...
A. Arthur Schiller, 1978
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Roman Law in European History:
2 LEGAL DEVELOPMENT BY INTERPRETATION During the course of the republic some features of the Twelve Tables were modified. The creditors of a judgment debtor were no longer allowed to kill him but had to let him work off his debts ...
Peter Stein, 1999
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The State, Law, and Religion: Pagan Rome
The major legal event in early Roman law was the promulgation of the Twelve Tables and this, in effect, determined the future course of legal development and the relationship of law to religion. After the sketch of religion set out in chapter I ...
Alan Watson, 1992
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The Governance of ROME
The Legislation of the Twelve Tables In Roman legal and political history the famous Twelve Tables legislation (451-449 B.C. approximately) occupies a place of honor similar to the Magna Charta in the Anglo-Saxon environment. Livy ...
K. Loewenstein, 1973
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Western Civilization: Volume I: To 1715
The Twelve Tables were the first formal codification of Roman laws and customs. The code was inscribed on bronze plaques, which were eventually destroyed. These selections are taken from reconstructions of the code preserved in the ...
Jackson Spielvogel, 2008
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Dionysius and The History of Archaic Rome
This viewpoint accounts for Dionysius's great interest in the leges regiae, particularly those of Romulus and Numa, which are the subject of wide-ranging antiquarian comment, vying in importance with the laws of the Twelve Tables. Dionysius ...
Emilio Gabba, 1991
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The Spirit of Roman Law
This book is not about the rules or concepts of Roman law, says Alan Watson, but about the values and approaches, explicit and implicit, of those who made the law.
Alan Watson, 2008

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE TWELVE TABLES»

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Question of the Month: What is the effect of bankruptcy code on …
In Ancient Rome, the Law of the Twelve Tables provided a debtor with thirty days to pay the debts. After that the creditors could fasten the debtor in stocks or ... «New York Real Estate Journal Online, Jul 15»
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How the Failed Iran Agreement Will Threaten Israel's Nuclear Strategy
He was born in Zürich, Switzerland, at the end of World War II. Sources: [1] Salus populi suprema lex, derived by Cicero from the Twelve Tables of Roman Law. «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»
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The Romans had potholes too! 2000-year-old road repairs …
The laws of the Twelve Tables - Roman legislation written in approximately 450 BC - specified a road should be 8 ft (2.45 m) wide when straight, and 16 ft (4.90 ... «Daily Mail, Jul 14»
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Equal Justice in an Age of Inequality
Neither is poverty an obstacle, but a man may benefit his country whatever the obscurity of his condition.” The Twelve Tables of Roman law, which codified an ... «Aleteia, Jun 14»
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Too many battles for ASIC? Four Corners and lenders of last resort
Credit makes us and credit breaks us – ancient Roman debtors cut into pieces by their angry creditors under the law of the Twelve Tables knew it, as does ASIC, ... «The Conversation, Apr 14»
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Lost writings of Latin literature
A full copy of the fifth-century BC law code, the Twelve Tables, which would vastly improve our knowledge of the origins and development of the legal system, ... «OUPblog, Dec 13»
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10 Innovations That Built Ancient Rome
The Twelve Tables and the Corpus Juris Civilis Subpoena, habeas corpus, pro bono, affidavit—all these terms derive from the Roman legal system, which ... «History, Nov 12»
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LEGAL SYSTEM
... world's other famous ancient legal sources, (such as the Code of Hammurabi, the Law of the Twelve Tables, the Justinian Code, and the Napoleonic Code). «National Legal Internet Portal, Jun 09»

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