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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who offers to capture Postumus for Tiberius?

2. What title does Tiberius refuse on Livia's behalf?

3. Who really orders the death of Postumus after Augustus dies?

4. How do Livia and Urgulania describe the marriage of Claudius and Urgulanilla?

5. What happens to Julilla after Livia exposes her sexual affairs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is deification?

2. How is Claudius related to Augustus Caesar?

3. Why does Claudius wait until Germanicus returns to Rome to tell him that Postumus was innocent?

4. How does Claudius investigate Pollio's charge that Livia murdered his father?

5. What argument does Tiberius use with Germanicus to get him to return to Rome?

6. Why is it better for Claudius that Livia thinks he is an idiot?

7. How does Tiberius react to Germanicus's loyal quelling of the troop revolts?

8. Why does Livia not expose Drusus's plan to dethrone Augustus?

9. What three things does Antonia tell Claudius are impossible?

10. What does Pollio imply about the death of Claudius's grandfather?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was military life like back in Ancient Rome. Research and write a paper about the typical life of a Roman soldier.

Essay Topic 2

Research and write a paper about one aspect of Ancient Roman life. Possible subjects are: roman entertainment; romance in Ancient Rome; home life; medical standards and practices; the legal system.

Essay Topic 3

Research a paper about the institution of slavery in Ancient Rome.

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