Question

read this passage from chapter 5 of the prince. there are, for example, the spartans and the romans. the spartans held athens and thebes, establishing there an oligarchy; nevertheless they lost them. the romans, in order to hold capua, carthage, and numantia, dismantled them, and did not lose them. they wished to hold greece as the spartans held it, making it free and permitting its laws, and did not succeed. so to hold it they were compelled to dismantle many cities in the country, for in truth there is no safe way to retain them otherwise than by ruining them. and he who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it, may expect to be destroyed by it, for in rebellion it has always the watchword of liberty and its ancient privileges as a rallying point, which neither time nor benefits will ever cause it to forget. and whatever you may do or provide against, they never forget that what text evidence supports machiavelli’s secondary purpose to inform readers about the tactics sparta and rome used to hold cities and their effectiveness? select three options. the list of cities conquered by sparta and rome the description of how sparta had held greece the explanation of why rome dismantled greek cities the characterization of liberty as a “watchword” of rebellion the example of pisa rebelling against the florentines

Explanation:

1. The list of cities (Athens, Thebes, Capua, Carthage, Numantia, etc.) conquered by Sparta and Rome shows the cities they aimed to hold, supporting the tactic info.
2. The description of Sparta holding Greece (establishing oligarchy, then losing) explains Sparta's tactic and its effectiveness (or lack thereof).
3. The explanation of Rome dismantling Greek cities (to hold them, as they failed to hold like Sparta) details Rome's tactic and its effectiveness (they didn't lose the dismantled cities). The other options either relate to rebellion reasons (not tactic effectiveness) or a different example (Pisa-Florentines not Sparta/Rome).

Answer:

A. the list of cities conquered by Sparta and Rome, B. the description of how Sparta had held Greece, C. the explanation of why Rome dismantled Greek cities