What was one of the most important reasons for the economic decline in the third century C.E.?
a. massive crop failures.
b. invasions of the Huns.
c. reduced amount of precious metals in the coins by the emperors.
d. the transition to a wage economy.
e. inability to efficiently collect taxes within the empire.
ANSWER:
c
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