A. The government fell apart
Direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly. This differs from the majority of most currently established democracies, which are representative democracies.
I believe the answer is C) It wanted control over foreign lands and people.
The Roman empire took over many different countries and turned a lot of the conquered people into slaves. They spread their ideas and religion, but mostly just wanted to be very powerful.
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