very many points surpass ours
- [Was] the war of the Romans against the [ancient) Spanish justified in order to free them from barbarism? Do you think that the Romans, once they had conquered the wild and barbaric peoples of Spain, could with secure right divide all of you [Spaniards] among themselves (in encomiendas).
? And do you then conclude that the Romans could have stripped your rulers of their
authority and consigned all of you, after you had been deprived of your liberty, to wretched labors, especially in searching for gold and silver [mines].
7 Is this the way to impose the yoke of Christ
on Christian men?'
Bartolomé de Las Casas, Spanish Catholic religious leader, In Defense of the Indians, circa 1550
Which of the following describes a piece of evidence for Las Casas* claim in the fourth paragraph about the similarity between ancient Spanish people and Native Americans?

A. The ancient Spanish were used by the Romans as laborers
The ancient Spanish were

B.Christians when the Romans arrived

C.The ancient Spanish had no laws or political rulers.

D.The ancient Spanish had a right to their own freedom.