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

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

3. In Chapter 3, within what radius of Rome were heroic battles fought?
(a) 9 miles.
(b) 17 miles.
(c) 11 miles.
(d) 12 miles.

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

5. When did the fire that created the layers of burnt debris excavated in the Forum probably occur?
(a) 500 BCE.
(b) 499 BCE.
(c) 484 BCE.
(d) 509 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what date did the list of consuls go back?

2. How far was the town where Cicero grew up from Rome?

3. What was the perimeter of the wall erected around the city in the early fourth century BCE?

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

5. Which king's tyrannical behavior was thought to have led to the established of the free Republic of Rome?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Rome like in 63 BCE?

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

3. What is known about the list of consuls on which the chronology of the Republic is based?

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

5. According to Livy, who were the kings of Rome?

6. When is the earliest known use of the word consul?

7. What does SPQR stand for and mean?

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

9. What were the 12 tables?

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

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