Law · Roman Empire Daily
Around 450 BC, Rome's laws were written down on the Twelve Tables and posted publicly in the Forum.
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Before this, law was controlled by priests and patricians. Inscribing the Twelve Tables in public meant ordinary citizens could see the rules that governed them, a foundation of Roman law.
Source: Livy, 'History of Rome,' 3.34–37.
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