The correct answer is belief perseverance.
Perseverance is a quality of those who persist, who are consistent in their actions and do not give up in the face of difficulties.
To persevere is to achieve your goals due to the fact of staying firm and faithful to your ideas and purposes.
In the year 100 it would only be logical to try to keep protests down. With an empire stretching from Northern Scotland All the way to Rome Italy. If you tried to simply suppress a population that large every loyal Roman Man would have to drafted and sent to the Legions to fight their own disloyal subjects. While if they keep the barbs content they can turn their eye to their enemies such as Boadicea or the Parthians.
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