Question

How did the Romans influence the creation of a representative government and written law?

Answer 1

Answer:

As discussed below.

Explanation:

• The Roman Empire ruled large area of north-Africa, Europe and the middle east for hundreds of years, this made this empire vast and influential to the societies and culture of these places.

• The Greeks developed democracy and it was the Romans who added representative and written legal code.

• Roman's development in government having a clear law and written constitution which protects people's right, having the government of balance of power between different group of people and having representative government.

• These features of the Roman Empire influence the creation of representative government and written laws.

Answer 2

The Romans created a system of laws that they could use thoughout their empire. Roman's laws have influenced democracy. some of the most important principles of roman law were: equal treatment under the law; innocent until proven guilty.