What caused the decline of the small farmer and the rise of the peasants?
A) Their territory was lost to invaders.
B) They were bankrupted by the tax collectors' demands for more payment and went to work for wealthy landowners that could pay them, thus creating serfdom.
C) The severe drought near the end of the third century destroyed what was left of the small farms.
D) Their land was confiscated if they demonstrated worship of the pagan deities.
E) None of these
B
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