was causing slander or insult to another, he shall be clubbed to death.
              If a person has maimed another's limb, let there be retaliation in kind unless he makes agreement for settlement with him.
              Intermarriage shall not take place between plebeians and patricians.
             Conquest over the Mediterranean basin compelled the Romans to work out a new system of law. Each conquered territory had its own system, and a body of law was required that would be applicable to both citizens and subjects. Between about 367BC and AD137 the new law was developed from the edicts of the praetor, or magistrate, who defined and interpreted the law in individual cases. The praetor of the foreigners administered justice in Rome in all controversies except those in
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