(Ancient Rome, Compton's 96) The earliest code of Roman Law was the Law of the Twelve Tables. ... In the 6th century a commission appointed by the Roman emperor Justinian consolidated all the sources of law, resulting in the Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law). ... This code set forth simple rules suitable for an agricultural community; it established equal law for patricians and plebes and was prized by the Romans as the source of all public and private law. ... The laws of the Twelve Tables are one of the earliest extant law codes. ... These codes were based on much older sources o...
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