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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
mav do or provide against. thev never forget that
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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
I 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
I the example of Pisa rebelling against the
Florentines
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