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Under the Roman Empire, citizenship and loyalty to the empire governed society. What governed society after the empire fell?

a strong professional military
a bond of language and culture
centralized rule
personal ties and relationships

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personal ties and relationships

After Rome fell centralized institutions broke down and power shifted to local rulers and networks of loyalty—oaths, kinship, and lord-vassal bonds (feudal relationships) governed society.