The Twelve Tables

GPTKB entity

Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ancient Roman legal code
gptkbp:category gptkb:Roman
ancient legal codes
gptkbp:contentType gptkb:family
gptkb:law
gptkb:public_policy
civil law
property law
inheritance law
procedural law
debt law
gptkbp:created c. 451–450 BCE
gptkbp:createdBy gptkb:Decemviri
gptkbp:displayedAt gptkb:Roman_Forum
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Twelve Tables
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Roman
Western legal tradition
gptkbp:language gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:legacy basis for later Roman law codes
influenced modern legal systems
gptkbp:location gptkb:Roman_Republic
gptkbp:material bronze tablets
gptkbp:pieceCount 12
gptkbp:purpose codification of Roman law
gptkbp:referencedIn gptkb:Cicero
gptkb:Livy
gptkb:Gaius
gptkb:Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus
Pliny the Elder
gptkbp:significance foundation of Roman legal system
gptkbp:status lost (original tablets)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Roman_magic
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5