Which is a true statement about President Carter’s attempts to free the hostages in Iran?

is this like a kind of true or false question?

the romans were initially interested in expansion via sicily (which at that time was a cultural melting pot), part of which lay under carthaginian control. at the start of the first punic war (264-241 bc), carthage was the dominant power of the western mediterranean, with an extensive maritime empire

according to my calculation, the answer is d.