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πρὸ τελευτῆς μὴ μακάριζε μηδένα, καὶ ἐν τέκνοις αὐτοῦ γνωσθήσεται ἀνήρ → Count no man blessed before his end; a man will be recognized in his offspring. (Ecclesiasticus 11:28)
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The Laws of the Twelve Tables was the legislation that stood at the foundation of Roman law. Formally promulgated in 449 BC, the Tables consolidated earlier traditions into an enduring set of laws.
In the Forum, "The Twelve Tables" stated the rights and duties of the Roman citizen. Their formulation was the result of considerable agitation by the plebeian class, who had hitherto been excluded from the higher benefits of the Republic. The law had previously been unwritten and exclusively interpreted by upper-class priests, the pontifices. Something of the regard with which later Romans came to view the Twelve Tables is captured in the remark of Cicero (106–43 BC) that the "Twelve Tables...seems to me, assuredly to surpass the libraries of all the philosophers, both in weight of authority, and in plenitude of utility". Cicero scarcely exaggerated; the Twelve Tables formed the basis of Roman law for a thousand years.
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ar: اللوائح الاثنا عشر; az: 12 cədvəl qanunları; be: Законы Дванаццаці табліц; bg: Закони на дванадесетте таблици; bs: Zakoni dvanaest tablica; ca: Lleis de les dotze taules; cs: Zákon dvanácti desek; da: De tolv tavlers lov; de: Zwölftafelgesetz; el: Δωδεκάδελτος; en: Twelve Tables; eo: Dekdu-tabela leĝaro; es: Ley de las XII Tablas; et: Kaheteistkümne tahvli seadused; eu: Hamabi Taula; fa: قانون دوازده لوحه; fi: Kahdentoista taulun lait; fr: Loi des Douze Tables; hr: Zakonik dvanaest ploča; hu: Tizenkét táblás törvények; hy: Տասներկու աղյուսակներ; id: Dua Belas Prasasti; is: Tólf taflna lögin; it: Leggi delle XII tavole; ja: 十二表法; ka: თორმეტი ტაბულა; ko: 12표법; la: Duodecim tabulae; lt: Dvylikos lentelių įstatymai; nl: Twaalftafelenwet; nn: Tolvtavleloven; no: De tolv tavlers lov; pl: Lex duodecim tabularum; pt: Lei das Doze Tábuas; ru: Двенадцать таблиц; sh: Zakoni dvanaest tablica; simple: Twelve Tables; sk: Zákon dvanástich tabúľ; sl: Zakonik dvanajstih plošč; sq: Dymbëdhjetë Tabelat; sr: Закони дванаест таблица; sv: Tolv tavlornas lag; th: กฎหมายสิบสองโต๊ะ; tr: 12 Levha Kanunları; uk: Закони Дванадцяти таблиць; zh_classical: 十二銅表法; zh_yue: 十二銅表法; zh: 十二铜表法
