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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What historian did Cicero ask to commemorate the achievements of his consulship?
(a) Livy.
(b) Numa.
(c) Lucceius.
(d) Appian.

2. When was the poet Ovid banished?
(a) 11 CE.
(b) 9 CE.
(c) 15 CE.
(d) 8 CE.

3. In southern Italy, from what people did Barbatus take two towns?
(a) Catari.
(b) Histri.
(c) Mentores.
(d) Samnites.

4. When did the Gauls destroy Rome?
(a) 390 BCE.
(b) 395 BCE.
(c) 393 BCE.
(d) 385 BCE.

5. What was probably the population of Rome during Barbatus's time?
(a) 40,000 to 55,000.
(b) 30,000 to 45,000.
(c) 60,000 to 90,000.
(d) 100,000 to 150,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the first major Roman road, the Via Appia, built?

2. How many of Cicero's letters survived?

3. When did European cities begin to reach a million inhabitants?

4. How many young women were estimated to be taken during a religious festival Romulus held?

5. What was the name of the Sabine king when the Romans battled the Sabines?

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