Today's british literature is likely to

a. emulate traditional models of the past.
b. emphasize anglo-saxon heritage.
c. avoid controversial and complicated themes and perspectives.
d. reflect a vast range of political, ethnic, and social perspectives.

i'm not sure with the answere but c or d is either those two

first, the romans stayed isolated because they had to defend their own territories from neighboring cities that were harassing them, like the etruscans. second, once the romans managed to defeat their neighbors, and started to expand their territory, they started to build roads and bridges. finally, now that the romans have covered their territory with roads functioning as highways, they could mobilize their legions faster to assemble larger military units in a specific place

in an absolute  monarchy, the  monarchrules as an autocrat, with absolutepower  over the state and government — for example, the right to rule by decree, promulgate laws, and impose punishments. the  monarch isnominally sovereign but the electorate, through their legislature, exercise political sovereignty.