The Twelve Tables came about as a result ofthe long social struggle between patricians and plebeians. TheHammurabi code is the first know codified set of laws known to menin existence and it includes all classes of citizens, military andthe slave. After the expulsion of the last king of Rome, TarquiniusSuperbus, the Republic was governed by a hierarchy of magistrates.Initially only patricians were eligible to become magistrates andthis, among other plebeian complaints, was a source of discontentfor plebeians. There were no treatment to people as plebeians inthe Hammurabi code.

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