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He purchased the land because he wanted to find new future protection, expansion, prosperity and get to know what was in the unknown lands.
That it's not gonna be around any longer
The correct answer to your wonderful question would be D. All of the above
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I'm guessing you are talking about the Eastern Roman Empire, or the Byzantine Empire.
the Byzantine Empire a) remained strong for several centuries, until it fail to the Ottoman Turks at ~1346 ad
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