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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were Romulus and his citizens fighting at the time when the Temple of Jupiter was said to be established?
(a) Senones.
(b) Spartacus.
(c) Sabines.
(d) Hannibal.

2. When was Cicero governor of Cilicia?
(a) 59 BCE.
(b) Late 50s BCE.
(c) 65 BCE.
(d) Early 40s BCE.

3. When did Livy write his compendium of Roman history?
(a) 50s BCE.
(b) 20s BCE.
(c) 30s BCE.
(d) 40s BCE.

4. How many other burials were in Barbatus's mausoleum?
(a) More than 30.
(b) 35.
(c) 25.
(d) About 20.

5. To whom did Julius Caesar's family trace their lineage back to?
(a) Goddess Venus.
(b) God Mars.
(c) Goddess Fortuna.
(d) God Apollo.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Athens give the idea of democracy to the modern world?

2. In the ruins of Pompeii, when was a statue found that had an inscription indicating that it was a gift of Lucius Mummius, son of Lucius, consul?

3. How large was Rome's overseas empire?

4. What was probably the population of Rome during Barbatus's time?

5. When was an essay by a Roman doctor found in a Greek monastery?

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