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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many "books" (42) comprised Livy's history of Rome?
(a) 115.
(b) 127.
(c) 138.
(d) 142.

3. When was Julius Caesar assasinated?
(a) 34 BCE.
(b) 44 BCE.
(c) 29 BCE.
(d) 52 BCE.

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

5. What animal was said to have nurtured Remus and Romulus?
(a) Wolf.
(b) Deer.
(c) Dog.
(d) Goat.

6. When did Caracall make every free inhabitant of the empire a Roman citizen?
(a) 198 CE.
(b) 191 CE.
(c) 212 CE.
(d) 204 CE.

7. Where did Roman egions defeat Catiline's army of discontents?
(a) Eastern Italy.
(b) South Italy.
(c) North Italy.
(d) Western Italy.

8. When did marauding Gauls occupy Rome?
(a) Around 280 BCE.
(b) 219 BCE.
(c) 402 BCE.
(d) Around 390 BCE.

9. How much wheat would the army that the Romans and their allies fielded at Cannae have required daily?
(a) 125 tons.
(b) 50 tons.
(c) 75 tons.
(d) 100 tons.

10. When was the first tragedy shown in Rome that Livius Andronicus adapted into Latin from Greek?
(a) 219 BCE.
(b) 224 BCE.
(c) 240 BCE.
(d) 238 BCE.

11. When was the Septimontium festival held yearly?
(a) December.
(b) September.
(c) October.
(d) November.

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

13. How far back might excavations under modern Rome over the last 100 years have unearthed?
(a) 700 BCE.
(b) 850 BCE.
(c) 1000 BCE.
(d) 500 BCE.

14. How many captives did ancient writers say were taken during the First Punic War?
(a) 150,000.
(b) 125,000.
(c) 75,000.
(d) 100,000.

15. What is the date at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) 63 BCE.
(b) 56 BCE.
(c) 72 BCE.
(d) 45 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language was the inscription written in that was found under black stone in the Forum?

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

3. If the information about seven kings is correct, how long would each of them have reigned?

4. During the Battle of Cannae in 216 BCE, how many deaths were there in a single afternoon?

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

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