The increase in coloni and latifundia in the later Roman Empire is evidence of
A) a steadily widening gap between rich and poor.
B) the importance of the military in maintaining order in Rome.
C) a population shift out of the cities and into the countryside.
D) the breakdown of traditional Roman family values.
E) Rome's cultural debt to Greece.
Answer: A
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