Which sentence from the passage best states the central idea?
O A. The two chief executives, or consuls, were elected by an annual assembly in which the wealthy
predominated.
B. The Romans developed a republic-a state without a king-because they had found monarchy contrary to th
public good (res publica)
OC. Many slaves worked in households or craft production, even tutoring Roman children, but bands of slaves
were used in mining and on the great agricultural estates.
O D. The result of these changes was a deep class conflict between popular leaders and aristocrats during the
final decades of the republic.