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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On what hill did Romulus choose to found the city of Rome?
(a) Quirinal.
(b) Aventine.
(c) Palatine.
(d) Caelian.

3. When was Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus counsul?
(a) 298 BCE.
(b) 279 BCE.
(c) 281 BCE.
(d) 296 BCE.

4. If the information about seven kings is correct, how long would each of them have reigned?
(a) More than 3 decades.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) About 2 decades.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus secure the final defeat of Hannibal?

2. When did Caracall make every free inhabitant of the empire a Roman citizen?

3. How many elephants did Hannibal use when he crossed the Alps?

4. When was the Second Punic War?

5. By the end of the fourth century BCE, how many troops did the Romans probably have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the story of Aeneas founding Rome?

2. How did Romulus get women for his city according to Livy?

3. What were the advantages and disadvantages of Rome's location on the Tiber River?

4. What was the story of Romulus and Remus?

5. What were the 12 tables?

6. Why is it difficult to find archaeological evidence of Rome?

7. What does SPQR stand for and mean?

8. What type of dating system did the Romans use?

9. How and why has the history of ancient Rome changed over the past 50 years?

10. According to Roman tradition, when was the Temple of Jupiter established and why?

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