In the time of the romans the Twelve Tables signified rights in many ways. They were made by people who were treated unfairly and they needed things to evened out. Basically the needed rights so they made something that today resembles in todays eyes rights. This text symbolizes the concept of rights because it puts all men (At this time women were considered property) under equal protection of the law. Today we consider this a crude form of rights. Of course this is no where near to what we have today. But back then this a huge advancement. Before the Twelve Tables were made Romans were being dominated by a monarchy with no regard to human rights. This is an extremely important historical event because this is one of the first instances of where a people unite and create their own laws, laws that benefit them not the king or his survival.
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