The Law of the Twelve Tables,approved in 450 B.C.E.,represent:
A) Rome's borrowing of legal principles from Hammurabi and Moses.
B) the first attempt to make all men equal.
C) a charter of popular liberties,ending enslavement for debt.
D) the codification of existing laws for all to see and obey.
E) Rome's acceptance of the legal reforms of Solon.

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The Law of the Twelve Tables was the codification of existing Roman laws, making them visible and accessible to all citizens. It was not based on principles from other cultures or an attempt at equality or popular liberties. It also predated the legal reforms of Solon by several decades.