Greece

Gortyn Code

Nomoi tes Gortynos

Inscribed in twelve columns on a Cretan city wall, the longest surviving Greek law code regulates property, inheritance, marriage, and the status of slaves and serfs in detail unmatched by any literary source for early Greek law.

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