How Did the Roman Elite Handle the Problem of Poverty

Multiple Choice

How did the Roman elite handle the problem of poverty?

A) Having learned from the Gracchi incidents, Rome periodically redistributed land to the landless.
B) The Roman elite totally ignored the poor.
C) Roman authorities encouraged the excess rural population to move to the cities in order to be retrained.
D) The Roman elite bought off the urban poor by providing free bread and entertainment.
E) Poverty was not a problem because the poor were regularly absorbed into the expanding armed forces.