What Romans could have obtained through trade from China and India would have been special silk items together with different products of iron which were of high quality; from India. Both nations were also known for the spices which were abound. and could have been traded with the Romans.
This is true because the countries all wanted to be more wealthy since wealth=strength
Political corruption
Government jobs were being given out based on favors and deals for votes. Unqualified people were working in government jobs and often the corrupt deals led to more corruption.
The bosses and the system created by the bosses were the source of much of the corruption. City bosses gained votes for a political party in return for government jobs under the party's administration. Government jobs were good paying and were circling in the same groups of people.
I think the answer is A.
The person is making a deduction by connecting the two works with Homer.
Homer wrote both these epics. Odysseus becomes prominent in later part of the
Iliad. It is in the Odyssey that he is
the main character in the story.