Ein „großer Wurf"? Gaius trifft Demosthenes

A "lucky strike"? Gaius meets Demosthenes. In D. 50,16,233,2 Gaius explains the expression telum (missile). As the fragment derives from his commentary on the twelve tables, the majority of modern scholars tends to refer this to 12 Tab. 8,12–13, which deals with the justified killing of the armed thief. But regarding the context, it seems to be more reasonable to connect the fragment with 12 Tab. 8,24a (which deals with unintended killing with a spear). This interpretation can be supported by the fact that one passage of the commentary shows great similarities with an old Athenian law that at least can be ascribed to Solon and that Gaius could have cited as he did on other occasions in his commentary.