The twelve tables

If a child is born deformed what can a parent do according to the twelve tables?

• Ask for help raising them

• Trade with another family.

• It shall be killed.

• They must raise it

In what year were these laws created?

• 1776

• 2023 B.C.

• Year one

• 451 B.C.

Who asked for these laws to be written and why?

• Roman School boys to stop Roman soldiers from abusing them.

• Plebeians to limit the power of the senate

• Plebeians to limit the power of Patricians.

• Roman females so that they had specific rights in Roman society.

If a person insults or gossips about another person publicly, the person who did the insulting or  gossiping shall be clubbed to death. Which of the bill of rights covers something like this?

• First amendment

• Seventh amendment

• Eighth amendment

• All of these

"A man cannot be put to death without first having been found guilty in court." Which amendment in the bill of rights most closely resembles this law from the twelve tables?

• Sixth amendment

• Fifth amendment

• Eighth amendment

• First amendment

"If a man and woman shall live together for a year, they shall be considered married." This is called common law marriage in some states and in Texas it is only Six months. Which of the twelve tables does this fall under?

• Table III-Debt

• Table VIII-Crimes

• Table VI- Property

• Table XII-Punishments

What are the eight forms of punishment1?

• dragging behind a car, public flogging, slavery, put to death, confiscating of all property, placing in jail, cutting off of a limb.

• fines, placing in chains, whipping, inflicting the same injury as was  committed, public humiliation, banishment from the city, slavery and death.

• dragging behind a car, public flogging, slavery, put to death, confiscating of all property, painting of hair in a weird color, fines, and firing squad.

• fines, placing in chains, whipping, inflicting the same injury as was  committed, public humiliation, banishment from the city, and firing squad.

True or False: What happens to a women after the male dies is considered a part of the inheritance law?

• True

• False

Which one of the following does not have a punishment of death

• Table III - Debt

• Table V - Inheritance

• Table IX- Constitutional principles

• Table VIII - Crimes

Why do you think parents were allowed to sell their children in Slavery?