[username332211]

Well, it can't be (a). The inequality in Rome had already reached a breaking point and was completely resolved problem by then.

And by that I mean a revolutionary people's party had replaced a corrupt elected government with a divine monarchy.

(I don't think I need to describe the wonders that did for equality in the Roman state. Archeological record indicates when barbarians conquered Roman lands, the nutrition of the lower classes often improved. But for some reason those same lower classes that had destroyed the republic never complained about inequality in imperial times.)