The Law of the Twelve Tables,approved in 450 B

question 35

Multiple Choice

The Law of the Twelve Tables,approved in 450 B.C.E.,represent:

• A) Rome's borrowing of legal principles from Hammurabi and Moses.
• B) the first attempt to make all men equal.
• C) a charter of popular liberties,ending enslavement for debt.
• D) the codification of existing laws for all to see and obey.
• E) Rome's acceptance of the legal reforms of Solon.

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