After the Praetorian Guard killed the emperor Caligula and installed a frightened Claudius on the throne, it was clear that the ultimate arbiter of leadership in imperial Rome was ________
A. democratic elections
B. divination by priests
C. Etruscan tradition
D. foreign models
E. military power
Answer: E
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