In Which of These Ways Did the Romans Exhibit Their

question 8

Multiple Choice

In which of these ways did the Romans exhibit their pragmatism and flexibility?

• A) Allowing their soldiers to adopt different religions
• B) Incorporating conquered peoples into their military to assure they had strong numbers
• C) Taking a large number of defeated peoples back to Rome to serve as manual laborers.
• D) Permitting full citizenship to certain conquered peoples, thereby allowing those people to feel a deep affinity for their new leaders
• E) Encouraging their soldiers to marry young women from the conquered groups.

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Definitions:

Job Specialization

The process of focusing one's occupational concentration on a specific area of expertise, improving efficiency and proficiency.

Departmentalization

The method of dividing an organization into distinct departments or units, each specializing in a particular function or area of operation.

Machine Bureaucracy

A highly structured, formal organization model, optimized for efficiency and characterized by a clear hierarchy, division of labor, and a focus on routine, repetitive tasks.

Simple Structure

An organizational design characterized by a low degree of departmentalization, wide spans of control, authority centralized in a single person, and little formalization.