CIVILIZATION
ROMAN
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Question
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How did Rome’s economy begin its descent?
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The government began taxing the people too much, which forced people back into poverty and debt. Trade suffered as well.
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People began stealing from the government funds and the people suffered because of it.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Roman economy was underdeveloped and underachieved, as subsistence agriculture, urban centers that consumed more than they produced in terms of trade and industry, low status artisans, slowly developing technology, and lack of economic rationality.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Roman Empire dramatically shifted power away from representative democracy to centralized imperial authority, with the emperor holding the most power. For example, under Augustus’s reign, emperors gained the ability to introduce and veto laws, as well as command the army.
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