Twelve Tables
206Rome Wants Elbow Room
23 Sep 2024
13:29¶ 32
“It seems to have, because we’ve looked at the 12 tables and say that some of the Roman laws are pretty much copied directly…”
13:45¶ 33
“No, we’re not going there. The Bible was written when it says it was, so it’s the original and other people copied it, as…”
205Alps and Americas: Rome and Their Enemies
9 Sep 2024
7:01¶ 20
“The main thing that we should at least note in passing is that one thing the plebians wanted was written secular laws. I mentioned…”
7:40¶ 23
“Yeah, that. What the plebians wanted was laws written – that is, written in the sense that it was in words they could understand…”
8:01¶ 24
“We looked last time at the so-called 12 tables, the written laws that were set up in the marketplace, in the Forum where everybody…”
204The Founding of Rome
26 Aug 2024
25:38¶ 82
“When we get to the Roman laws, the Roman law was eventually written down at the insistence of the lower classes. Here are some…”
25:51¶ 83
“If a man has broken or bruised a freeman’s bone with his hand or club he shall undergo a penalty of 300 pieces. If…”
26:03¶ 84
“If any person who destroys by burning any building or heap of corn deposited alongside a house, he shall be bound and scourged and…”