As the Athenian law gave the power of repudiation to the wife as well as to the husband, and as this right was obtained by the women amongst the primitive Romans, notwithstanding the law of Romulus, it is evident that this institution was one of those which the deputies of Rome brought from Athens, and which were inserted in the laws of the Twelve Tables.
Atenasko legeak emazteari senarra zapuzteko ahalmena ematen zionez, eta, Romuloren legea eta guzti, lehen erromatarren artean emakumeek eskubide hori lortu zutenez, argi dago instituzio hori Erromako diputatuek Atenastik ekarri zutenetako bat izan zela, eta Hamabi Tauletako legeetan ezarri zutela.