Code of Hammurabi
Babylon carves a 282-law code into basalt
King Hammurabi of Babylon had 282 laws on trade, family, property and punishment carved on a basalt stele. It is one of the oldest and most complete written legal codes in history.
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About 1,710 years passed between Hammurabi's laws and Caesar's assassination — nearly as long as separates us from the Edict of Milan of 313.
Alive at the time
- Hammurabi (aged 56)