The Twelve Tables of Law,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 Twelve Tables of Law were a codification of existing laws in Rome, making them visible and understandable to all citizens. It was not an attempt to make all men equal or a charter of popular liberties. While they may have borrowed some legal principles from other cultures, it was not specifically from Hammurabi or Moses. Additionally, the tables were created before Solon's legal reforms in Athens.

The Twelve Tables of Law,approved in 450 B