Well, if we are talking about the black death? A reaction that they did was they all went into hiding because they thought that the black death was an angel or something targeting certain families, they were right it was something but it was just a virus that almost killed an entire country!!
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.
I beleive it began in Oklahoma. Hope this helps!
The patuxet tribe were the Native Americans that the pilgrims had encountered