How did many of the landless poor in the Roman countryside seek to better their condition in the second century B.C.E.?
A) They emigrated abroad, taking advantages of the opportunities opened up by Roman conquests throughout the Mediterranean.
B) They attacked the landed estates of the wealthy patricians in the countryside and burned down houses and crops.
C) They left the countryside altogether and resettled in Rome.
D) They helped lead slave revolts in an effort to topple the republic.
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