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Why were the twelve Tables written?

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The twelve tables were written in order to protect civil rights of the privileged patricians and the plebeians. 
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"The Answer: The Twelve Tables were writing tablets that contained the Romans' earliest attempt to create a code of law in order to protect the civil rights of the privileged patricians and the commoners".
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