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Ancient Rome

Problem

Read the passage below and answer the question.
"Caesar Augustus . . . proclaims: Since the nation of the Jews and Hyrcanus, their high priest, have been found grateful to the people of the Romans, not only in the present but also in the past . . . it seems good to me and to my advisory council . . . that the Jews shall use their own customs in accordance with their ancestral law, just as they used to use them in the time of Hyrcanus, the high priest of their highest god; and that their sacred offerings shall be inviolable and shall be sent to Jerusalem and shall be paid to the financial officials of Jerusalem"
From the Edict of Augustus on Jewish Rights, 1 BCE
Which of the following best explains why the agreement made in this passage was made?
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