English Common law predates Roman law. On could make a supported argument that the Romans adopted the parts of "English common" (at that time it would more accurate to call it Celtic tribal law or Briton tribal law) into their legal system. That was the strength of the Romans of course, they adopted what was best from every culture and made it part of their own.
English Common law predates Roman law. On could make a supported argument that the Romans adopted the parts of "English common" (at that time it would more accurate to call it Celtic tribal law or Briton tribal law) into their legal system. That was the strength of the Romans of course, they adopted what was best from every culture and made it part of their own. I may be wrong, but I do not think so. The Roman Republic predates Christ, as did the death of Julius Caesar. IIRC, the English judges and hence the common law were introduced by William the Conqueror, who came to England in 1066.
Not that either has any business even being discussed as enlioghtening on what the Framers were thinking, or the citizens who ratified the Constituion. Just an academic point.