Day 18

The Twelve Tables were a set of laws that were written on twelve tables and hung in the Forum. The Plebians had a public protest where they refused to take up arms as their enemies closed in. This gave the Patricians no choice other than to adjust their laws. They were given representatives known as the Tribunes of the Plebs. These representatives were specifically for the Pleabians and they had the power to propose legislation, intervene in legal matters, and veto the actions of others. They then demanded that the laws be written down permanently. They were then used as the basis of the Roman laws later on.