Influence on Rome: It provided a legal basis for state power, stabilized social order and protected the political and economic interests of the ruling class.

Influence on modern times: the bourgeoisie made laws to protect its own interests according to the ideas in Roman law. It also used and developed the ideas and systems in Roman law as a powerful weapon against feudalism and promoting the development of capitalism.

After the French Revolution, the Civil Code promulgated during the Napoleonic period was based on Roman law. The British Bill of Rights, the American Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of 1787, and the French Declaration of Human Rights are all based on Roman law.