TOEFL Reading: ETS-TOEFL阅读机经 - HPCGMYC23W5K6XH9L$

In paragraph 3, why does the author discuss the "Germanic culture" A. To compare the less urbanized West outside of Italy to the more urbanized East B. To explain why Roman military and political objectives necessarily changed in the fifth century C. To emphasize that the Romans had more of a cultural disadvantage in the West than in the East D. To explain why there were as many speakers of German as there were Romans on the western frontier