They gained new rights because they had contributed to the overthrow of the French. They gained prestige because they had fought alongside the new settlers of their land.
B <<<< answer.
That's the only way you can classify them. They were quite different. Sparta was a completely authoritarian type of government where defence of the state was what all citizens were loyal to. Athens on the other hand was a democratic more or less.
B. it allowed humans to continue to treat everyone in society equally
