What place did adoption serve in Roman society?
A) Adoption served several purposes, but primarily it served to save face (providing an heir) when confronted with infertility issues.
B) Adoption took the burden off of families with too many children to afford the expensive process of political careers.
C) It created political alliances among important families.
D) Adoption prevented the extinction of noble family lines.
E) All of these
E
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A) ?The advent of the railroad B) ?A growing Indian population C) ?Changes to the American diet D) ?Disease
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