Twelve Tables of Roman Law (451 BCE) Commentary by Eric May, M.A.

Glossary

• asses bronze, silver, and gold coins minted by the Romans
• balance-holder a person designated to hold a brass balance, or scale, in certain ceremonies of Roman law
• Ceres in Roman mythology, the goddess of grain
• Comitium in the days of the Roman Republic, the meeting place for the senate (in Rome itself) and for popular, elective, and judicial assemblies in all Roman cities
• Latium the area centering on the coastal plain from the mouth of the Tiber; often called the cradle of Rome (both the city and the Roman Empire)
• unciae bronze coins minted by the Romans; an uncia was a fraction of an as.