Imperial Rome's gladiatorial shows
A) became increasingly associated with religious practices.
B) were government-backed spectacles used to content the masses.
C) were limited to fights between slaves and criminals trained at gladiatorial schools.
D) paled in popularity to the Circus Maximus.
E) were outlawed by Augustus as violating his policy of moral reform.
B
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