Which statement describes the allusion in these lines from shakespeare's hamlet?

horatio: never believe it:
i am more an antique roman than a dane.
here's yet some liquor left.

a. horatio refers to the conquests of the great roman emperors.

b. horatio doubts whether the danish soldiers are as patriotic as the roman soldiers.

c. horatio refers to roman soldiers who gave up their lives in allegiance to their emperor.

d. horatio wants hamlet not to question his allegiance to the king.

Horatio claims that he is more like an ancient Roman than a corrupt modern Danish. Then he picks up the poisoned cup in order to drink. He makes an allusion with this how roman soldiers gave up their lives for the sake of their emperor. It shows his bravery, at the same time his loyalty to Hamlet.

source text: from the sketch here given it will be seen, that our good grandmothers differed considerably in their ideas of a fine figure, from their scantily dressed descendants of the present day. a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. nor were they the less admired by the gentlemen in consequence thereof. on the contrary, the greatness of a lover's passion seemed to increase in proportion to the magnitude of its object—and a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. certain it is, that in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen - - the reason of which i conclude to be, either that the hearts of the gentlemen have grown larger, or the persons of the ladies smaller — this however is a question for physiologists to determine. add punctuation to the following excerpt. writing under the name of diedrich knickerbocker washington irving aimed his potent satire at as diverse topics as political rivals such as thomas jefferson to the very ideal of looking back on the past affectionately: a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen

a. inform

explanation:

"how to" tells us that it will explain how to, which means to inform