trad. 451 BCE–trad. 449 BCE
Law of the Twelve Tables
Roman Empire · Derecho, escritura y educación
Tradition places the codification of the Twelve Tables between 451 and 449 BCE. Their surviving fragments show written fixation of rules, not a complete code or a guarantee of equality before the law.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · attributed by a tradition
- End
- year · attributed by a tradition
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- Date not recorded
Reading the date: duration of a process.
Sources
- avalon.law.yale.edu (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
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- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
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