ICSE Class 6 Answered

The laws made by the patricians were biased against plebeians. Plebeians could be sold like slaves if they failed to pay taxes. As a result, in the 5^th century BCE, the plebeians revolted against the patricians. As a result of this revolt, the plebeians were awarded equal rights. They had their own officials called tribunes who could ‘veto’ or stop the senate from enacting unjust laws.

The Roman emperor Justinian codified the existing Roman laws into a new system known as the Justinian Code. This elaborate legal system was so well conceived that many countries in the modern world have made it the basis of their own legal systems.