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The Gortyn Code: Greece's Oldest Law in Stone
On the island of Crete, in a little-known city called Gortyn, archaeologists uncovered something astonishing: the Gortyn Code, the oldest and most complete law code from ancient Greece, predating even the great reforms of Solon and Cleisthenes. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the twelve-column inscription carved into stone around 450 BCE, which reveals a society far more complex and equitable than the Athens we know. Discover laws that protected women's property rights, regulated divorce and inheritance, allowed slaves to own property and marry, and imposed fines instead of death…
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