Question

This excerpt provides information about the Roman Empire. Which sentence in the excerpt speak about the purpose of the text?

Answer 1

The the sentence which speak about the purpose of the text must reflect the overall idea or summarize all the main points mentioned in the text. The option B. meets the mentioned requirements and nicely sums up the main information about the Roman Empire.
B)The principal conquests of the Romans were achieved under the republic; and the emperors, for the most part, were satisfied with preserving those dominions which had been acquired by the policy of the senate, the active emulations of the consuls, and the martial enthusiasm of the people.