For a thousand years before the birth of Christ, children in the Mediterranean world were thought of as incapable of directing their own affairs, but they were never ____________, as they often are today.

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The sentence states that children were not allowed to direct their own affairs but were never romanticized, meaning they were not idealized or portrayed in a fanciful way. Options A, C, D, and E are not mentioned in the sentence and are therefore not the best choices.

For a Thousand Years Before the Birth of Christ, Children