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← HistoryWhich consequence befell Byzantine purple silk dyers exceeding limits?
A)Dyers would be publicly flogged✓
B)Emperor would impose silk embargo
C)Supply chain resource exhaustion increase
D)Royal purple color shifts hue
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Unauthorized production risked undermining imperial authority; therefore public flogging occurred when dyers exceeded limits because monopolization benefited state revenue, rather than simply leading to pure supply-chain disruption.
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