The correct answer is B) rivalries between classes.
The other options of the question were A) defeat in the Punic Wars. C) a refusal to build a navy. D) the invasion of Muslim armies.
What was a factor in Rome transition from a republic to an empire was "rivalries between classes."
In 509 BCE, the Roman Republic had been founded, installing a representative democracy after many years of Etruscan rule. It was after Julius Caesar's death, that his nephew Augustus became the first Roman Emperor, and the Republic became a thing of the past. Many things changed but the differences and rivalries between classes remained.
The Mycenaeans lived mostly on mainland Greece and were the first people to speak the Greek language. The Minoans built a large civilization on the island of Crete that flourished from around 2600 BC to 1400 BC.
The answer to your question is ... A civil war between the Taira and Minamoto clans.<span>
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They settled in France, Germany and Belgium.
Its either the Electorate or the Electoral College