The social structure of city life during the neolithic period was very different from hunter-gatherer society, as it often restricted individual freedoms (1). at times, personal or family autonomy was replaced with the outside authority of unrelated strangers (2). to impose conformity and exert control, rules of urban life restricted behavior and limited personal choices (3). however, formal written laws did not exist until the roman empire created the twelve tables law code around 450 bc (4). which critiques the factual accuracy of the summary?