Read the passage.Built between the years 70 and 80 CE, the Colosseum is an enormous tiered oval structure of white stone and concrete whose ruins still stand in Rome today. At four stories high and covering six acres of land, it once towered above the ancient city. The Colosseum hosted popular entertainments such as fights between gladiators and reenactments of famous battles. The emperors intended the structure as a gift to the population of Rome. Citizens of all social classes attended events there, from the senators and nobles closest to the action to the poorest members of the populace seated in the highest rows.What is the meaning of populace as used in the passage?upper classes of a citycultured individualspeople living in an areafans of entertainmentSubmit
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Read the passage.Built between the years 70 and 80 CE, the Colosseum is an enormous tiered oval structure of white stone and concrete whose ruins still stand in Rome today. At four stories high and covering six acres of land, it once towered above the ancient city. The Colosseum hosted popular entertainments such as fights between gladiators and reenactments of famous battles. The emperors intended the structure as a gift to the population of Rome. Citizens of all social classes attended events there, from the senators and nobles closest to the action to the poorest members of the populace seated in the highest rows.What is the meaning of populace as used in the passage?upper classes of a citycultured individualspeople living in an areafans of entertainmentSubmit
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The meaning of "populace" as used in the passage is "people living in an area".
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