The creation of the first and second triumvirates in rome during the 1st century b. c. is evidence that power in the republic was being shared by farmers, city workers, and merchants conflict between the optimates and populares had come to an end the power of the senate increased at the expense of the popular assemblies military leaders illegally seized power and dominated the roman republic

Read the excerpt from the odyssey. 'o cyclops! would you feast on my companions? puny, am i, in a caveman's hands? how do you like the beating that we gave you, you cannibal? eater of guests under your roof! zeus and the gods have paid you! ' according to this excerpt, a. odysseus is fearful of the cyclops. b. is prideful and overly confident. c. has been weakened by the cyclops. d. has regrets about staying on the island.