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By the latter Republic, Roman slaves

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often worked on the Roman latifundia AND always received humane treatment from their owners

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For the Romans, Italy's geography

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made Rome a natural crossroads and an area easy to defend

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Which of the following statements about marriage best captures the realities for Roman women by the 1st century B.C.E.?

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they were legally controlled by their husbands

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The First Triumvirate was a political alliance between Crassus, Julius Caesar, and

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Pompey

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After imposed retirement from Roman politics, Cicero took up writing

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philosophical treatises

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The result of the Third Punic War was

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the complete destruction and subjugation of Carthage

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The most significant non-Latin influence upon early Rome came from the Etruscans

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True

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The main achievement of the Hortensian law in Roman constitutional history was its

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ruling that all plebiscita passed by the plebeian assembly had the force of law and were binding even upon the patricians

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What was the significance of Scipio Africanus in the Second Punic War?

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He expelled the Carthaginians from Spain and later won the decisive Battle of Zama

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In their struggle with the patricians, Roman plebeians employed which of the following tactics

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a physical withdrawal from the state undercutting its military manpower AND the formation of popular assemblies to lobby for more political reforms

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During the Third Punic War against Carthage, in the east in 148 B.C.E. the Romans made Egypt a Roman province

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False

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The college of augurs existed to

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interpret auspices- signs sent to humans by the gods

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The Roman Dictator

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was a temporary executive during the period of the Republic AND exercised unlimited power for a period of usually six months

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Romans did not readily accept any Greek philosophy except that of

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Stoicism, because of its emphasis on virtue and duty

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The Struggle of the Orders

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was a peaceful struggle which resulted in political compromise

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The reforms of Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus

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resulted in further instability and violence as they polarized various social groups

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Imperium was

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the power to command Roman citizens

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Tiberius Gracchus ran for tribune in 133 B.C.E. on a program of

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providing farms to landless farmers

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The Twelve Tables was/were

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the first formal codification of Roman law and customs

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Cicero

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All of the above: -believed in a "concord of the orders." -was a "new man" of the equestrian order -was a great orator and capable lawyer -advocated a balanced government of monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy

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The paterfamilias in Roman society was

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the male head of the household

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Like most of the great Roman writers of the first century B.C.E., Catullus was from Rome

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False

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The Etruscans were

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an urban civilization to the north of Rome

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It can best be said that Roman imperial expansion was

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highly opportunistic, responding to unanticipated military threats and possibilities for glory

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The Centuriate Assembly was made up of Roman citizens voting by

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precincts

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After the Latin revolt (440-338 B.C.E.) Rome

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enrolled the Latin cities as military allies

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The head of the Roman religious observances was

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the pontifex maximus

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In defeating the Greek city-states in southern Italy, Rome

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had to fight the soldiers of King Pyrrhus, sent against them by the Greeks

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Livy's account of Cincinnatus

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tells how the virtues of duty and simplicity in the behavior of leaders enabled Rome to survive in difficult times

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Which Roman writer is most closely associated with the development of a new poetry at the end of the Roman Republic?

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Catullus

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The Carthaginian general who marauded through the Italian peninsula during the Second Punic War was Hamilcar Barca

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False

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The Carthaginians originated from

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Phoenician Tyre

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Which of the following statements about Roman names is incorrect?

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The nomen was the hereditary family name.

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The Second Punic War saw Carthage

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carry a land war to Rome by crossing the Alps

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Originally the Roman senate

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could only advise the magistrates in legal matters

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Ius gentium

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the law of the nations- "that part of law which we apply to ourselves and to foreigners"

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Optimates

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type of aristocratic leader ("the best men"); hobiles who controlled the senate and wished to change their oligarchial privileges

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Equites

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social group in Rome- Equestrians- once formed Rome's cavalry; wealthy people

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Among the dangerous military innovations of Marius threatening the Republic, one finds he

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recruited destitue volunteers who swore an oath of allegiance only to him

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Caesar crossing the Rubicon

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showed that he was willing to disobey the direct orders of the senate, "being unable to turn back"

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Antony and Cleopatra

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they fell deeply in love and had three children; gave her lands in eastern mediterranean

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Julius Ceasar

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led military commands in Spain and especially Gaul that enhanced his popularity

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Hamilcar Barca

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extended Carthage's domains in Spain to compensate for the territory lost to Rome; led Carthage in the fight against Rome for Sicily

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