This depends on who you consider to be the author. If the author in your case would be a famous old historian, then they would probably marvel at the architectural accomplishments of ancient Rome and how they were able to create such magnificent structures in such a short amount of time.
Is there options if not I would say government.
Well depends what time your talking about but both were great nations back then and still are but England had the superior Navy while France had better leaders both are really strong but the British are more reliable because of their navy even present day so I would pick England . Hope this helped you
The most important resources to the powhtan and tlingit tribes were the trees and fish