What elements of the Roman Republican political and legal system appear present in the systems of modern democracies?

A lot of the Roman Republican political and legal systems are present in todays modern democracies. One example of how there legal systems is still used in a way modernly is the Twelve Tables. The Twelve Tables were a code of law for the romans to follow which would bring their society closer together and make the parties come closer. In modern day democracies we also have written laws that every one needs to follow or else there are consequences. For example we have the Constitution which are rules for our government. Also just like our government they had different people doing different roles. There were consuls, praetors, censors, aediles, tribunes, and quaestors. In our government we have the president, vice president, representatives, senate, etc. In both these government all these people would work together and help improve the legal and political systems and make new laws and make the country run better. The Romans would also vote for their representatives but there not every could vote. We also vote for our representatives and the president. The Roman Republic political and legal systems really helped give

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McManus, Barbara. "Roman Cursus Honorum." Vroma. July 2003. Web. 4 Mar. 2010. http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/romangvt.html