#1: voter fraud
#2: They want their voices to be heard on the issues
Hope that helps ya!
Explanation:
As per the question, the author's key purpose of including this paragraph include 'to inform the reader about the location' and 'to entertain the readers by showing how dramatic the situation is.
I'm pretty sure the answer is D "Only Roman citizens were allowed to fish and swim in it" although there is a possibilty of it being B because it was controlled by the Roman Empire.
