D) Christianity was more tolerated in the Roman Empire.
Explanation:
Although it wasn´t the official religion, it spread widely in the Roman Empire, and the peresecution of Christian cesead in all of the empire, this tolerance added to the powerfull impact that Christianity had on people made for a perfect climate for the Christian population to grow large in the late 200´s.
Sherman's March to the Sea was designed to scare Georgia's civilian population into seceding from the Confederacy. Sherman's troops did not kill anyone in the towns they passed through, but they looted grain and livestock and set fire to anyone who attempted to resist.