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, rather than a borrowing of legal principles from other cultures or the first attempt to make all men equal. They did not end enslavement for debt, nor did they represent Rome's acceptance of the legal reforms of Solon.