the republic was much like the government of the USA is today (the founders like what Rome did so they took it) and what caused it to become an empire was power hungry rulers hope this helps good luck
a. roman catholics
Roman catholicism is the most abundant religion in the area, although the region also has sizable populations of Catholics and Muslims and notable shares of Lutherans in some countries. However Catholicism remains the most predominant religion in the west of Eastern Europe. The most representative cases of this are Austria, and Poland. While, in the Czech Republic is the only country surveyed in which a majority of older people say they are religiously unaffiliated,still , there is a tendency back to religion in some areas among eldery and other social groups. Slovenia, Slovakia,etc also have considerable amounts of catholic devotes.
They’re referred to as nomads.
C. Citizens must be allowed to overthrow a government that does not protect their rights.
D) it extended support to elderly citizens