dec 1, 450 BC - Twelve tables of law established
Description:
The Laws of the Twelve Tables, c.450 B.C. The earliest attempt by the Romans to create a code of law was the Laws of the Twelve Tables. A commission of ten men (Decemviri) was appointed (c. 455 B.C.) to draw up a code of law binding on both patrician and plebeian and which consuls would have to enforce.Added to timeline:
Date:
dec 1, 450 BC
Now
~ 2479 years ago