Question

1. Greek and Roman legacies to the modern world include contributions to modern law and government. Briefly describe how modern law and government have been influenced by classical Greece and Rome. Include at least two examples from the Greeks and two examples from the Romans.

Answer 1

Both the Romans and the Greeks significant contributed towards the development of Modern Europe and Western Civilization as a whole.

The Greeks preceded the Romans by a thousand years and were a major power spanning Europe and Asia. They were able to develop a system of democracy by limiting the powers of the King and building a senate where ministers and lords would debate over laws.

They also developed a system of speedy trials which resembles the 7th Amendment of the United States Constitution.

The Romans were able to further develop this system into a mode codified law. Rules, regulations and taxes were modernized and standardized. An assembly was developed which is a directly related to the development of modern representative democracy in the United Kingdom.