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 conquered cities (Athens, Thebes for Sparta; Capua, Carthage, Numantia for Rome) sets up the context for the tactics used to hold them.
2. The text describes how Sparta held Greece (establishing an oligarchy) and notes this tactic failed, which informs readers about the tactic and its effectiveness.
3. The text explains Rome dismantled Greek cities because their initial tactic (following Sparta's method) failed, detailing the tactic and its necessity/effectiveness.

The other options either do not relate to Sparta/Rome's tactics or are not present in the provided passage.

Answer:

• 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