To combat the tension between conquered and conqueror that seems to inevitably ... ...

To combat the tension between conquered and conqueror that seems to inevitably spark revolution, the Roman Empire adopted a practice of ________, attempting to make all conquered nations “Romans.”
(A)    deterrence
(B) ...
(C) ...
(D) ...
(E) ...

*This question is included in Nova Sentence Equlvalence: Lesson Set