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The heavy use of slave labor brought about economic decline. Small farmers, who could not compete with free labor, went out of business. These former farmers were forced to make their way in the cities, increasing overcrowding. Slaves were often war captives from barbarian tribes used to independence, so slave insurrections, many that came close to immediately toppling the empire, were always a looming threat.

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thousands of slaves worked cheap labor on the latifundia and farmers could not compete with the labor of the slaves and they lost their land

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There were fewer jobs for free Roman citizens

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