The Roman Empire disintegrated after existing for one thousand years. Though the empire was broken up, many things that originated with the Romans have been passed down to later civilizations. Solomon Katz believes that the Romans handed down many things that survived through the medieval era and even to our time. Roman law didn’t disappear when the empire did. Our government today still retains some of the ways the Romans governed. For instance, just like Rome, we have a senate. According to romangov.weebly.com we didn’t originate the three branches of government either. Their executive branch didn’t have a president, but it was two consuls who had similar authority. Katz states that even some systems, like English common
