How Did the Emperor Caracalla Attempt to Solve the Budget

question 2

Multiple Choice

How did the emperor Caracalla attempt to solve the budget crisis?

• A) He bestowed citizenship on every subject-man or woman-in the Roman Empire except slaves, thereby increasing inheritance tax receipts.
• B) He attempted to expand his empire still further into the Germanic lands north of the Danube, thereby securing yet another source of war plunder.
• C) He passed a law whereby Italians, for the first time, would be taxed much like other citizens of the empire.
• D) He promised the soldiers land in the provinces in exchange for their acceptance of reduced pay.

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