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Read the passage below and answer the question."The Athenians also made an expedition against the isle of Melos with thirty ships of their own, six Chian, and two Lesbian vessels; sixteen hundred heavy infantry, three hundred archers, and twenty mounted archers from Athens; and about fifteen hundred heavy infantry from the allies and the islanders. The Melians are a colony of [Sparta] that would not submit to the Athenians like the other islanders, and at first remained neutral . . . but afterwards upon the Athenians using violence and plundering their territory, assumed an attitude of open hostility."From Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, c. 431 B.C.EWhich of the following facts from this passage would best serve as evidence that Athens was an imperial state?Choose 1 answer:Choose 1 answer:(Choice A)   A colony of another state was part of the conflictAA colony of another state was part of the conflict(Choice B)   It had alliances with other city-statesBIt had alliances with other city-states(Choice C)   Soldiers from other cities served in its militaryCSoldiers from other cities served in its military(Choice D)   Its own military was involved in this expeditionDIts own military was involved in this expedition

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Read the passage below and answer the question."The Athenians also made an expedition against the isle of Melos with thirty ships of their own, six Chian, and two Lesbian vessels; sixteen hundred heavy infantry, three hundred archers, and twenty mounted archers from Athens; and about fifteen hundred heavy infantry from the allies and the islanders. The Melians are a colony of [Sparta] that would not submit to the Athenians like the other islanders, and at first remained neutral . . . but afterwards upon the Athenians using violence and plundering their territory, assumed an attitude of open hostility."From Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, c. 431 B.C.EWhich of the following facts from this passage would best serve as evidence that Athens was an imperial state?Choose 1 answer:Choose 1 answer:(Choice A)   A colony of another state was part of the conflictAA colony of another state was part of the conflict(Choice B)   It had alliances with other city-statesBIt had alliances with other city-states(Choice C)   Soldiers from other cities served in its militaryCSoldiers from other cities served in its military(Choice D)   Its own military was involved in this expeditionDIts own military was involved in this expedition

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The best evidence that Athens was an imperial state from the passage would be (Choice C) Soldiers from other cities served in its military. This shows that Athens had control over other cities to the extent that it could command their soldiers, a characteristic of an imperial state.

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