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.
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.
