I discovered that a key moment in Roman history was a very little-discussed raid by pirates on the Port of Rome at Ostia.
Rome was at that point the dominant world superpower, and there was no state in the world that would ever have dared to attack Rome. But the Romans were attacked by a group of stateless desperados who set fire to the Port. The flames may well have been visible in Rome itself. And this sent a shockwave through Rome, because if pirates could strike that close to the imperial capital, nowhere was safe.
And in this panicky atmosphere - an atmosphere of panic, I might say, which was deliberately whipped up by ambitious politicians - the Roman people took a series of fatal steps, surrendering some of their liberties and some of their control over their government. And in doing so, they sewed the seeds of the destruction of their own democracy.
And the more I looked at that event, the more it seemed familiar to me and the parallel with 9/11 - and in particular the response to it.
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away we can toss out D, as the patriots primarily consisted of local
militia with little training. We can also toss out C, as our new
country did not have any manufacturing capabilities (at least not for
weapons). The war was fought with weapons provided by other countries
and weapons that people brought from the original European homes. We
can also dismiss A. as we did not have a larger population than England.
The result is B. Washington was a skilled general who fought in the
French-Indian Wars.
Answer:
C. growing leaves to warm up
