Why might Joel Barlow have included the reference to Rome in the poem?
(A) to draw a comparison between the tyrants of Roman autocracy and
European feudalism
(B) to ch'stract readers from the tyrants of today and the current problems of
founding-era America
(C) to provide American readers with an example of a society that was brave
enough to overthrow its tyrants
(D) to convince readers that America should not follow the Roman people's
example of overthrowing tyrants only to become tyrants themselves