In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Q: Several factors conspired to merge the status of former slaves and former free farmers into a dependent class of such " coloni " .
A: 
Several factors conspired to merge the status of former slaves and former free farmers into a dependent class of such " coloni " : it was possible to be described as " servus et colonus " , " both slave and " colonus " " .