What role did provincial cities play in the Roman Empire?
A) They connected Roman imperial administrators with farmers in the countryside.
B) They facilitated the transfer of wealth from the hinterland to the imperial treasury.
C) They functioned as recruitment centers for the branches of the Roman military.
D) They supplied the imperial center with slave labor and seasonal wage laborers.
Ans: B) They facilitated the transfer of wealth from the hinterland to the imperial treasury.
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