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"When Roman citizens couldn't afford food, the Roman government bought all of the food from nearby farmers and distributed it to people in the cities. As a result, the farmers left their farms and moved to the cities to take advantage of free bread." Is there any truth to this statement?

by /u/chipbloch in /r/AskHistorians

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