Whilst legal verse has in general been a rich area of scholarly enquiry, little has yet been written about the versification of Roman Law. Scholars have tended to mention the phenomenon only in passing as incongruous versions, eccentric amusements, or expanded retellings of the Digest. This chapter examines the versification of legal codes between the thirteenth and nineteenth centuries. The examples discussed include several versions of Justinian’s Institutes— a vernacular translation by the Norman poet Richard d’Annebault (fl. 1280), a rendition into Latin hexameters by humanist lawyer Honoratus Draco (1512–79), and a Latin verse paraphrase by the Neapolitan lawyer Giambattista Pisacane (1673–1733)—as well as a translation of the Roman Law of the Twelve Tables (449 BC), by another Neapolitan lawyer, Giuseppe Aurelio Gennaro (1701–1769). In preparing these translations and adaptations, these authors produced more memorable, more effective pedagogical tools, so as to facilitate oral transmission. Just as rhyming changes across literary eras, the value placed on patterned rhyme has shifted considerably. The poetic and literary skills displayed in these verses must not be assessed in terms of the end product (the Digest explained), but in terms of their aptitude to participate in a rule-governed activity.