Twelve Tables Of Rome. They were the beginning of a new approach to laws which were now passed by government and written down so that all citizens might be treated equally before them. These laws were about crime and property and family matters like marriage and inheritance.
The lower class, the plebeians, wanted fair rights for all citizens and threatened to leave the city which without them, would have ground to a halt. The twelve tables were the first legal code of the roman republic, drafted between 451 and 450 bce to help resolve conflict between wealthy patricians and common plebeians. These laws established rights and responsibilities of roman citizens in areas of property, trials, personal wrongs, public, and religious matters.