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Rome was established in the first millennium B.C.E. on the

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plain of Latium.

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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 Struggle of the Orders

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was a peaceful struggle which resulted in political compromise.

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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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Imperium was

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the power to command Roman citizens.

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

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a. A physical withdrawl from the state undercutting it's military manpower AND b. The formation of popular assemblies to lobby for more political reforms.

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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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The Centuriate Assembly was made up of Roman citizens voting by

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precincts.

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

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

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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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The Roman senator who led the movement for the complete destruction of Carthage was

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Cato.

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At the Battle of Cannae the Romans

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suffered a devastating defeat by Hannibal.

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The result of the Third Puic War was

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the complete destruction and subjugation of Carthage.

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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 goal of Roman religion was to maintain trust and harmony with the spirits, a condition known as

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the peace of the gods.

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The college of augurs existed to

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interpet auspices-signs sent to humans by the gods.

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Which of the following statements best applies to Roman schooling

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Education stressed training in Greek and mastery of rhetoric, or persuasive public speaking.

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Which of the following innovations enabled Romans to erect giant amphitheaters, public baths, and high-rise tenement buildings?

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concrete

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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 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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Sulla's legacy and importance was that he

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employed his personal army in political disputes, paving the way toward Roman civil war.

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Julius Caesar

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led military commands in Spain and especiall Gaul that enhanced his popularity.

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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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By crossing the Rubicon, Caesar showed that he

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was willing to disobey the direct orders of the Sensate.

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All of the following were results of the Roman civil wars of 43-30 B.C.E. except the

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Second Triumvirate's defeat of Pompey at the Battle of Actium.

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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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After imposed retirement from Roman politics, Cicero took up writing

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philosophical treatises.

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The Roman Senate under Augustus was

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retained as the chief deliberative body of the Roman state.

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The Senate granted Octavian the title Imperator (Emperor) but he preferred to be addressed as

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princeps

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The colonies of veterans established by Augustus throughout the empire proved especially valuable in

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Romanizing the provinces.

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The Roman praetorian guards were

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elite troops given the task of protecting the emperor.

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Under the rule of Augustus, the Roman Empire

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turned towards an absolute monarchy, with the princeps overshadowing the Senate.

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Roman provincial and frontier policy under Augustus was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

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limitless expansion in central Europe.

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The event that curtailed Augustus's expansionist policies was

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the defeat by Varus in the Teutoburg Forest.

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Amon Augusts' key innovations in Roman provincial rule was his

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division of Roman provinces into those ruled directly by the princeps and the senatorial provinces administered by the Senate.

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Romanization in the Roman empire

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occurred quickly in the west.

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Which of the following statements BEST descrives the governing of Roman provinces under Augustus?

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efficient, with legates cooperating with the local elites.

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Which of the following statements was true of Augustan society?

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Legislation was passed concrning the corruption of morals.

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Among Austus' most important actions in the area of Roman religion was his

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creation of an imperial cult.

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Augustus' social legislation enacted to stop the decline of Roman morals

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made adultery a criminal offense and outlawed wasteful expenditures for feasts.

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The city on the Tiber that was Rome's chief port was

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Ostia.

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Livy was best known in the Augustan Age for his

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History of Rom in 142 books.

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Identify the correct relationship between "golden age" author and his major work:

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Ovid-The Art of Love

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The Aeneid is a poem by Virgil about

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the founding of Rome.

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The "golden age" historian Livy is well known for his

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perceiving history in terms of sharp moral lessons.

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Which of the following trends developed during the reigns of the Julio-Claudian emperors?

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Emperors took more and more actual ruling power away from the old Senate.

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The first of the Flavian emperors was

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Vespasian.

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All of the following occurred during the reigns of the five "good emperors" EXCEPT for

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the halting of imperial bureaucratic growth.

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During the Early Empire (14-180 A.D.), the Roman army

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was increased to 400,000 men.

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The greatest historian of the "silver age" of Latin literature was

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Tacitus.

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The prolific "silver age" writer Seneca

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composed philosophical letters on the theme of Stoicism.

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The "good emperor" Marcus Aurelius was regarded as a philosopher king deeply influenced by the principles of

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Stoicism.

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The largest area of Roman innovation in architecture was

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The use of concrete on a massive scale.

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Which of the following is NOT true of the Collosseum:

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It was destroyed by Caligula.

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Marcus Aurelius' cruel son, who was strangled by his wresting partner in 192 C.E. was

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Commodus.

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Scientific medicine entered the Roman world at

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the end fo the third century B.C.E.

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Which of the following statements was NOT true of Roman society in the early Empire

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Slaves were treated more harshly as their numbers increased.

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The early values of christianity, as exemplified in Jesus' "sermon on the mount,"

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emphasized devotion to the values of humility, charity, and true brotherly love.

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The most important figure in early christianity after Jesus was

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Paul of Tarsus.

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The word "gospels" means

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good news.

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The last great persecution of Christian was ordered by

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Diocletian.

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The emperor who said, "live in harmony, make the soldiers rich, and don't give a damn for anything else" was

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Septimius Severus.

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The late third century emperor who reconquered and restablished order in the east and along the Danube and who wa sknown as the "restorer of the world" was

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Aurelain.

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The "terrible third century" was made terrible by all of the following EXCEPT

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ignorance of military affairs by the Severan rulers.

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Tetrarchy was Diocletian's plan to

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establish an orderly succession to the emperorship.

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Constantine's most enduring reform came in the creation of

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the "New Rome."

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The political, economic, and social policies of the restored empire under Diocletian and constantine

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were based on coercion and the loss of individual freedom.

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dbefore the Battle of Milvian Bridge, Constantine received a vision of

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victory under Christ's protection.

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the heresy of Arianism

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questioned the divinity of Jesus.

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The best example of Hiberno-Saxon art is

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the book of Kells.

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In the late fourth centry, the Visigoths and other Germanic tribes, were pushed into the Balkans region of the Eastern Roman Empire because of pressure from the

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Huns.

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In 476, the boy emperor Romulus Augustulus was deposed by

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Odacer.

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Theodoric, the Ostrogothic king who took control of Italy, was determined to

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maintain Roman customs and practices in Italy.

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