id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-5480 Twelve Tables - Wikipedia .html text/html 4242 626 69 Cicero scarcely exaggerated; the Twelve Tables formed the basis of Roman law for a thousand years.[3] Laws of the Twelve Tables [13][edit] These Twelve Tables displayed what was previously understood in Roman society as the unwritten laws. In the book, The Twelve Tables, written by an anonymous source due to its origins being collaborated through a series of translations of tablets and ancient references, P.R. Coleman-Norton arranged and translated many of the significant features of debt that the Twelve Tables enacted into law during the 5th century. Table VIII: Torts and Delicts (Laws of Injury)[edit] Table IX: Public Law[edit] The Twelve Tables are often cited as the foundation for ancient Roman law. ^ a b "Law in Ancient Rome, The Twelve Tables". ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5480.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5480.txt