Before answering the question, read the following excerpt.[Rome] was a highly aggressive society, but one that understood a vital political truth: military victory can be secured only by reconciliation with the defeated. Although most empire-builders in the ancient world were cruel and unforgiving, this was not altogether an original insight. Thus, after his conquest of the Persian Empire in the fourth century...Alexander the Great promoted leading [locals] to positions of power in his new administration and insisted on harmony between victor and vanquished...he even forced his soldiers to marry local women. What was remarkable about the Romans was the consistency, over many centuries, with which they pursued their policy. They could see that it enabled them not only to foster consent [grow agreement] to their rule among their former enemies but also to constantly enlarge their population and, by the same token, the manpower available to their armies.From Anthony Everitt, The Rise of Rome: The Making of the World’s Greatest Empire (New York: Random House Publishing, 2012), 62.What is Everitt’s claim about why the Romans were able to build a successful empire?Choose 1 answer:Choose 1 answer:(Choice A) They followed a consistent policy of forming good relationships with the people they conquered, which allowed them to expand the population of their empireAThey followed a consistent policy of forming good relationships with the people they conquered, which allowed them to expand the population of their empire(Choice B) They followed examples from other empires in the ancient world by being cruel and unforgivingBThey followed examples from other empires in the ancient world by being cruel and unforgiving(Choice C) Roman soldiers were forced to marry women in the colonies, which ensured that Roman children would be born there and continue empire expansionCRoman soldiers were forced to marry women in the colonies, which ensured that Roman children would be born there and continue empire expansion(Choice D) They took money from the territories they conquered and put it into infrastructure and trade, which expanded their empireDThey took money from the territories they conquered and put it into infrastructure and trade, which expanded their empire
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Before answering the question, read the following excerpt.[Rome] was a highly aggressive society, but one that understood a vital political truth: military victory can be secured only by reconciliation with the defeated. Although most empire-builders in the ancient world were cruel and unforgiving, this was not altogether an original insight. Thus, after his conquest of the Persian Empire in the fourth century...Alexander the Great promoted leading [locals] to positions of power in his new administration and insisted on harmony between victor and vanquished...he even forced his soldiers to marry local women. What was remarkable about the Romans was the consistency, over many centuries, with which they pursued their policy. They could see that it enabled them not only to foster consent [grow agreement] to their rule among their former enemies but also to constantly enlarge their population and, by the same token, the manpower available to their armies.From Anthony Everitt, The Rise of Rome: The Making of the World’s Greatest Empire (New York: Random House Publishing, 2012), 62.What is Everitt’s claim about why the Romans were able to build a successful empire?Choose 1 answer:Choose 1 answer:(Choice A) They followed a consistent policy of forming good relationships with the people they conquered, which allowed them to expand the population of their empireAThey followed a consistent policy of forming good relationships with the people they conquered, which allowed them to expand the population of their empire(Choice B) They followed examples from other empires in the ancient world by being cruel and unforgivingBThey followed examples from other empires in the ancient world by being cruel and unforgiving(Choice C) Roman soldiers were forced to marry women in the colonies, which ensured that Roman children would be born there and continue empire expansionCRoman soldiers were forced to marry women in the colonies, which ensured that Roman children would be born there and continue empire expansion(Choice D) They took money from the territories they conquered and put it into infrastructure and trade, which expanded their empireDThey took money from the territories they conquered and put it into infrastructure and trade, which expanded their empire
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The correct answer is (Choice A) They followed a consistent policy of forming good relationships with the people they conquered, which allowed them to expand the population of their empire. This is because, according to the excerpt, the Romans were unique in their consistent policy of reconciliation with the people they conquered. This policy not only fostered agreement to their rule among their former enemies, but also allowed them to constantly enlarge their population and, consequently, the manpower available to their armies.
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