Why did romans create a written code of law?
to confuse their enemies and block invasions
to allow citizens to see and understand the law
to spread literature throughout the republic
to serve as the basis for a new religion

Look at the painting the lictors bring to brutus the bodies of his sons by jacques-louis david (1789). the most likely message this painting sends to french citizens is that one must be prepared to sacrifice their own children to preserve france. loyalty to one’s country stops short of sacrificing one’s own children. brutality is an integral part of revolution and the reign of terror. no one is immune to death, not even the leaders of the revolution.