C) to maintain a balance of power in Europe
 
        
             
        
        
        
<span>A. increase in literacy rates and schools in the south.
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Answer:
Rome became the most powerful state in the world by the first century BCE through a combination of military power, political flexibility, economic expansion, and more than a bit of good luck. This expansion changed the Mediterranean world and also changed Rome itself.