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Modern scholarship tends to challenge the accuracy of Roman historians. It is generally considered unlikely that a second decemvirate ever took place. The decemvirate of 451 is believed to have included the most controversial points of customary law, and to have taken upon itself the leading functions in Rome. Furthermore, the question on the Greek influence found in the early Roman Law is still much discussed. It is unlikely that an official delegation was sent to Greece as the Romans believed, instead, it is suggested that Greek legislations were acquired from the Greek cities of [[Magna Graecia]], which used to act as Rome's main portal to the Greek world. The original text of the XII Tablets has not been preserved. They were probably destroyed when Rome was conquered and set on fire by the [[Celts]] in 387 BC.<ref name=tellegen/>  

Modern scholarship tends to challenge the accuracy of Roman historians. It is generally considered unlikely that a second decemvirate ever took place. The decemvirate of 451 is believed to have included the most controversial points of customary law, and to have taken upon itself the leading functions in Rome. Furthermore, the question on the Greek influence found in the early Roman Law is still much discussed. It is unlikely that an official delegation was sent to Greece as the Romans believed, instead, it is suggested that Greek legislations were acquired from the Greek cities of [[Magna Graecia]], which used to act as Rome's main portal to the Greek world. The original text of the XII Tablets has not been preserved. They were probably destroyed when Rome was conquered and set on fire by the [[Celts]] in 387 BC.<ref name=tellegen/>  

A view (Jenő Szmodis, 2005) suggests that the ancient roots of the Roman Law derive directly from the Etruscan religion, which puts great emphasis on the rituality and is rather formality-centred concerning its nature. As evidence, Szmodis drafts the structure of the bi-rooted Roman culture, then it verifies its Etruscan descent through the description of certain phenomena and institutions. (J. Szmodis: The Reality of the Law - From the Etruscan Religion to the Postmodern Theories of Law; Ed. Kairosz, Budapest, 2005.; http://www.jogiforum.hu/publikaciok/231)

A view (Jenő Szmodis, 2005) suggests that the ancient roots of the Roman Law derive directly from the Etruscan religion, which puts great emphasis on the rituality and is rather formality-centred concerning its nature. As evidence, Szmodis drafts the structure of the bi-rooted Roman culture, then it verifies its Etruscan descent through the description of certain phenomena and institutions. (J. Szmodis: The Reality of the Law - From the Etruscan Religion to the Postmodern Theories of Law; Ed. Kairosz, Budapest, 2005.; https://www.jogiforum.hu/publikaciok/231)

===Archaic period===

===Archaic period===

*  Andrew Borkowski and Paul Du Plessis, ''Textbook on Roman law''. Oxford University Press, 3rd Ed. (ISBN 0-19-927607-2).

*  Andrew Borkowski and Paul Du Plessis, ''Textbook on Roman law''. Oxford University Press, 3rd Ed. (ISBN 0-19-927607-2).

*  Barry Nicholas, ''An Introduction to Roman Law''. Clarendon Press, 1962 (ISBN 0-19-876063-9).

*  Barry Nicholas, ''An Introduction to Roman Law''. Clarendon Press, 1962 (ISBN 0-19-876063-9).

*  Jill Harries,  "Law and Empire in Late Antiquity" Cambridge, 1999 (ISBN 0-521-41087-8).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_law]

*  Jill Harries,  "Law and Empire in Late Antiquity" Cambridge, 1999 (ISBN 0-521-41087-8).[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_law]

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