The main reason for the decline of the Roman Republic was

a. an impoverished population.
b. political decentralization.
c. military leaders with armies loyal to them rather than to the state.
d. ongoing wars in trying to expand to an empire.
e. the subversive effect of increasingly popular monotheistic religions.


ANSWER:
c

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