D. establish a centralized, absolutist state.
They were afraid of what might happen if the Union were to dissolve
No, because there would not have been a larger rush to finish the project
Rome's location on the Italian peninsula, and the Tiber River, provided access to trade routes on the Mediterranean Sea. As a result, trade was an important part of life in ancient Rome. ... Later, the Roman armies used these same routes to conquer large amounts of territory and expand the empire along the Mediterranean.
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