The Roman Code was merely an enunciation in words of the existing customs of the Roman people.
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The most superficial student of Roman history must be struck by the extraordinary degree in which the fortunes of the republic were affected by the presence of foreigners, under different names, on her soil.
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In spite of overwhelming evidence, it is most difficult for a citizen of western Europe to bring thoroughly home to himself the truth that the civilisation which surrounds him is a rare exception in the history of the world.
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The ancient Roman code belongs to a class of which almost every civilised nation in the world can show a sample, and which, so far as the Roman and Hellenic worlds were concerned, were largely diffused over them at epochs not widely distant from one another.
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The epoch of Customary Law, and of its custody by a privileged order, is a very remarkable one.
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The ancient codes were doubtless originally suggested by the discovery and diffusion of the art of writing.
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