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But the decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the causes of destruction multiplied with the extent of conquest; and, as soon as time or accident had removed the artificial supports, the stupendous fabric yielded to the pressure of its own weight. . . . The victorious legions, who, in distant wars, acquired the vices of strangers and mercenaries, first oppressed the freedom of the republic, and afterwards violated the majesty of the purple. The emperors, anxious for their personal safety and the public peace, were reduced to the base expedient of corrupting the discipline which rendered them alike formidable to their sovereign and to the enemy; the vigour of the military . . . was relaxed . . . ; and the Roman world was overwhelmed by a deluge of Barbarians.
—Adapted from Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon
The author of the above passage claims: "Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the causes of destruction multiplied with the extent of conquest." What does he mean by this?

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  1. The rulers became too rich and thus were overthrown.
  2. The empire became too large to control effectively.
  3. Decay begins the minute something begins to grow.
  4. Conquest and prosperity are mutually exclusive.

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