Answer and Explanation:
The reason why Zinn opined that we shouldn't trust histories written from point of view of Governments and leaders is that they tend to use attempts through politics and culture, to ensnare ordinary people in a giant web of nationhood hiding under the canopy of common interest.
I would be very skeptical of a phrase "reason enough to commit a crime" - a "good" reason to commit a crime is a very debatable thing.
But think of it like this, if the unequal basic service access means for example access to clean water and a father decides to steal some bottles of mineral water from a shop for his sick son, then he was motivated by the lack of access to clean water (while some people living in a rich areas might have clean water running from their taps) - so in some cases, yes, might be a reason to commit a crime.
This really depends on the context and the particular situation.
Demographically, the Roman Empire was an ordinary premodern state. It had high infant ... No Western city would have as many again until the 19th century. ... To maintain replacement levels under such a mortality regime—much less to ... artificial fertility controls like contraception and abortion were not widely used.
- In 500 BC, Rome was a minor city-state on the Italian peninsula. ... and emperors worried that if these troops were put under the control ... In 340, Rome came into conflict with its former allies, the neighboring ... Rome fought three conflicts with Carthage, known as the Punic Wars, between 264 and 146 BC.
