Question 1

Rome played a crucial role in the development of European civilaztion because:

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Rome connected Europe to the cultural heritage of the near east

Question 2

Virgil\'s Aeneid built on Homer\'s epic literature by:

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Connecting Roman history to the heroic narrative of the Trojan war

Question 3

In terms of geography and natural resources, the Italian peninsula:

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Was more fertile than ancient Greece

Question 4

The Romans were a military society almost from the moment they settled in Italy because they:

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Were continually forced to defend their own conquests against invaders

Question 5

Prior to the establishment of Rome as the dominant state in Italy:

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Etruscans, skilled metalworkers and artists, lived there

Question 6

The geograpic site of Rome has many advantages, including:

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Hills that increase the defensibility of the city

Question 7

The \"Latin Right\" of the early Romans guaranteed that;

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Contracts, marriages, and citzenship were valid across Latium

Question 8

According to legend, Rome was first ruled by a(n):

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monarchy

Question 9

They myth of the Rape of Lucretia appealed to Roman patriotism by emphasizing:

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The corruption of Etruscan morals and government

Question 10

Which legend explains the end of the Roman monoarchy and the founding of the Republic?

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The rape of Lucretia

Question 11

During the early Roman republic, Rome:

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Expanded slowly and extended the Latin right to many of the cities it conquered

Question 12

The division between Roman patricians and plebeians was:

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Between the wealthiest (2 percent) and the rest (98 percent) of the people

Question 13

After a plebeian rebellion in the early fifth century BCE:

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The patricians accepted the local tribunes and written laws

Question 14

The twelve tables of law, approved in 450 BCE represent:

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The codification of existing laws for all to see and obey

Question 15

To limit the influence of wealth in Roman politics, new laws were passed:

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Preventing senators from engaging in commerce

Question 16

In the early roman republic, Rome was technically a democracy, but:

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The roman constitution essentially ensured oligarchic rule

Question 17

Central to roman identity was a conservatism expressed in an unwritten code of:

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Mos maiorum

Question 18

According to the patria potestas provision of the twelve tables, a roman father:

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Had absolute power over his family, up to and including the power of life and death

Question 19

One important difference between roman religion and Greek religion was the roman view of:

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The gods as family gods of Rome

Question 20

Traditional Roman religion included ancestor worship and;

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Oligarchs who played dual roles as priests and politicians

Question 21

21. Traditional Roman religion included ancestor worship and:

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oligarchs who played dual roles as priests and politicians

Question 22

22. The greatest honor a Roman could hope to achieve was:

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to sacrifice himself, his family and his friends for the state.

Question 23

23. Once the Romans had effectively gained control of Italy (265 BC):

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they started a series of wars to gain control over the Mediterranean.

Question 24

24. Why did the Romans regard Carthage as a threat?

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The Carthaginian Empire in Sicily and Spain was encroaching on Rome.

Question 25

25. During the Second Punic War, the Carthaginian general Hannibal:

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brought his entire army, including elephants, over the Alps.

Question 26

26. After Rome had twice defeated Carthage, a Third Punic War:

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was provoked by war hawks who thought Carthage must be destroyed

Question 27

27. Since the Romans employed slaves for all forms of manual labor:

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little technological innovation took place, and urban underemployment was common.

Question 28

28. One consequence of Rome\'s conquests was the increased role in society play by:

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slaves

Question 29

29. Changes in the Roman law of marriage in the second century BCE meant that:

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wives retained control of their own property, guaranteeing them more independence

Question 30

30. The greatest Roman Stoic, Cicero, believed that :

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virtue leads to happiness and peace of mind is the highest goal

Question 31

31. Cicero, one of the most famous Stoics of the later republic, believed in all the tenets of Stoicism EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

withdrawal from public life

Question 32

32. Roman women were particularly drawn to Eastern mystery cults because women:

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were able to participate in the rites of these religions

Question 33

33. Social tensions in the late Roman republic were made worse by:

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the widening gulf between the wealthy and the poor

Question 34

34. Prior to Julius Caesar\'s appointment as \"Dictator for Life\", only one other Roman had been appointed to that position without the traditional six-month term, and he was:

Accepted Answer

Sulla

Question 35

35. When Julius Caesar adopted Octavian as his heir:

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Octavian had to kill fight his rivals and kill his republican opponents.

Question 36

36. The death of Cleopatra:

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meant that Eqypt became a Roman province

Question 37

37. The Augustan system of government:

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is known as the Principate because Octavian rules as the princeps, the first citizen

Question 38

38. Although the Roman republic had greatly increased the territory ruled by Rome, under the emperors even more territory was added to the empire, with ____ adding more than any other ruler.

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Augustus

Question 39

39. Among the titles Augustus had been awarded were all the following EXCEPT:

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dictator supremus

Question 40

40. Those who ruled Rome from 96 to 180 CE were called the \" Five Good Emperors\" because they:

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were capable administrators who governed successfully

Question 41

41. Pax Romana refers to the:

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long period in which there were no major wars within the Roman Empire

Question 42

42. The Augustan system refers to:

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the political reforms instituted by Augustus and continued under his successors

Question 43

43. Although some emperors who followed Augustus in the Julio-Claudian dynasty were able individuals, many were not; arguably the worst of these was:

Accepted Answer

Caligula

Question 44

44. Revolts in Judea in the first and second century C.E. resulted in:

Accepted Answer

the destruction of the Temple at Jerusalem

Question 45

45. The cultural dominance of the Roman Empire is attested to by the:

Accepted Answer

spread of Latin as a literary, legal, and commercial language

Question 46

46. The \"Golden Age\" in Roman literature refers to the literature produced under the reign of:

Accepted Answer

Augustus

Question 47

47. The Romans were the first people to use _________ on a massive scale in their buildings

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concrete

Question 48

48. One way by which the Romans were able to maintain their empire was through:

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a system of roads constructed to be able to move army units throughout the empire

Question 49

49. Roman law was developed under the Principate by:

Accepted Answer

jurists appointed to deliver opinions on case law and trials

Question 50

50. Roman law consisted of three branches of government:

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Civil law, natural law, and the law of peoples.

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