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Traditions and Encounters Book Cover
Traditions and Encounters, 2/e
Jerry H. Bentley, University of Hawai'i
Herbert F. Ziegler, University of Hawai'i
MEDITERRANEAN SOCIETY: THE ROMAN PHASE

Internet Activities: Twelve Tables

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/12tables.html



1

What are the primary concerns about Roman society revealed in this document? On what types of relationships do these laws particularly focus?
2

How does this legal code compare with earlier codes such as Hammurabi or the Lawbook of Manu? What new concerns, if any, appear in this text that did not appear to concern the lawmakers or philosophers of more ancient cultures?








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