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What was the body of laws that served as the foundation for all future Roman laws called?

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The first code of written and published laws in Rome is usually given the name of the Law of the Twelve Tables, even though the Romans used the term tablets, not tables. It was inscribed in bronze tablets in 450 BC.
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