Question

Agree or disagree, and why?
You can see the long lasting influence the Roman Republic had on future governments, especially the U.S. government, in lots of ways. Rome had three branches of government and that was carried over into the U.S. government when it was set up. The Law of the Twelve Tablets set up how laws & punishments could be made. We can see this type of idea in the judicial branch in America. The architect that designed the U.S. Capitol building took inspiration from the Roman Pantheon for the look of it. Even the way the founders of the U.S. were taught was based on Roman ideas. That is where a lot of their inspiration came from. Finally, in the preamble of the Constitution it says "to provide for the common defense" which basically is saying that the U.S. government will have a military to protect all our people. This is just like in Rome with their military that was to protect Roman citizens.