How Did the Roman Elite Handle the Problem of Poverty

question 70

Multiple Choice

How did the Roman elite handle the problem of poverty?

• A)Having learned from the Gracchi incidents, Rome periodically redistributed land to the landless.
• B)The Roman elite totally ignored the poor.
• C)Roman authorities encouraged the excess rural population to move to the cities in order to be retrained.
• D)The Roman elite bought off the urban poor by providing free bread and entertainment.
• E)Poverty was not a problem because the poor were regularly absorbed into the expanding armed forces.

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Obese People

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