In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine the neutral choice based on your inference from the statement and your commonsense knowledge. The neutral choice is a sentence that neither agrees nor disagrees with the statement. Indicate your answer as '1', '2', or '3', corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence. If sentence X agrees with sentence Y, one's correctness follows from the other one. If sentence X disagrees with sentence Y, they can not be correct at the same time.

Statement: As Greek colonial power grew weak from Athens-Sparta rivalry back home and pressure from Phoenicians in Sicily, the vacuum was filled by an uppity confederation of Latin and Sabine tribes living on seven hills known collectively as Rome. Choices: 1. Rome came into power following the Greek's loss of colonial power due to a rivalry at home as well as Phoenician pressure in Sicily. 2. Athens-Sparta were powerful allies that saw everything eye to eye, and the Phoenicians did everything they could to help Sicily. 3. The Athens-Sparta rivalry was over their preferred sports teams at the olympics.
3