Which of the following best summarizes Rome's patron-client system?
A. a system in which wealthier aristocrats provided poorer Romans with services and other favors in exchange for votes and other support in public affairs
B. a system in which wealthy Romans hired poorer artisans for life, in essence turning them into a type of pseudo-slave
C. a system in which wealthy patricians fostered the education and training of promising artisans and scholars from the poorer classes
D. a system in which foreign subjects living in Rome might obtain citizenship by providing labor at little cost to wealthy Romans
Answer: A
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