What modern day world power did the roman government highly influence

Was the civil war inevitable? could anything have been done through compromise to stop it, or did it have to happen?

“[the city’s engineers excelled in areas] neglected by the greeks, such as the construction of roads and aqueducts, and of sewers that could wash the filth of the city into the tiber. they have built paved roads throughout the country, leveling ridges and filling up hollows, so as to make possible the movements of heavily loaded wagons. . and such is the quantity of water brought in by the aqueducts, that veritable rivers flow through the city and its sewers: almost every house has cisterns, waterpipes, and copious fountains.” —strabo, as quoted in empires ascendant: time frame 400 b.c.–a.d. 200 cisterns are tanks that hold water until it is needed; if a house has a cistern, it is likely to also have a. aqueducts. c. a swimming pool. b. a fish pond. d. sinks and faucets.

Which of these did the soviet union do in 1961? it built a wall through berlin to keep people from moving to the west. it used force to destroy a wall the united states had built in berlin. it convinced the british and french to merge their zones in berlin with the soviet zone. it threatened to bomb berlin if the united states did not leave within 30 days.