Which sentence provides the best analysis of a story's setting?


A. Centurions during the Roman Empire were lifelong soldiers and

would often be away on conquest for many years at a time.

O

B. It isn't strange that the centurion in the story attacks his own son

for breaking Roman law. In Rome, a soldier's loyalty to the state

was the highest loyalty.

O

C. The centurion's reaction to his son's crime is likely because of his

experience in warfare, in which violence becomes so

commonplace that no one thinks about it.

O

D. When the Roman centurion comes home from the Gallic Wars, he

finds that his son has disgraced him by becoming a shameful

criminal