Naval Success Helped Ensure That All Male Citizens, Regardless of Wealth

Naval success helped ensure that all male citizens, regardless of wealth, retained equal voices in the Athenian political system because

A) the very rich now had to spend long stretches away at sea.
B) naval commanders were more egalitarian.
C) lower-class oarsmen were now more important to the military than middle- and upper-class hoplites.
D) the amount of time spent drilling complex maneuvers kept oarsmen's minds off politics.
E) it meant there was more money from trade, which made everyone better off.