They wanted to keep trade with china open. :)
Answer:
I think its B.
Explanation:
If they were close up you (only a few feet away) you wouldnt use that type of weapon, its jsut common sense. You would have to be some distance away to have to use that weapon.
Hate to say but this doesn't make much since as George Herman Ruth also known as "Babe" Ruth was an American Baseball player and had nothing to do with any of these things
The correct answer is the lower and urban classes
Anyone who was in a position of power disliked Christianity and didn't want it because they feared they would lose their power since the people would stop respecting them and start following a foreign person. That's why the Romans hated Jesus.