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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapers 8-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many volumes was the agricultural encyclopedia that Aemilianus saved from the flames when Carthage fell?
(a) 12.
(b) 24.
(c) 18.
(d) 28.

3. When were the remains of an early cemetery found underneath the Forum?
(a) End of the 20th century.
(b) Beginning of the 20th century.
(c) 19th century.
(d) 18th century.

4. What was the perimeter of the walls that surrounded Carthage?
(a) Almost 20 miles.
(b) 30 miles.
(c) 25 miles.
(d) About 15 miles.

5. By the end of the fourth century BCE, how many troops did the Romans probably have?
(a) Around half a million.
(b) 750,000.
(c) 600,000.
(d) About 1 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 53 BCE, how much did Clodius pay for the house of Marcus Aemilius Scaurus?

2. Where did Roman egions defeat Catiline's army of discontents?

3. Before the outbreak of the civil war, how much did Cicero owe Julius Caesar?

4. How many other burials were in Barbatus's mausoleum?

5. In 63 BCE, who gave Cicero intelligence regarding a violent plot?

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