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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 63 BCE, who was Catiline accused of murdering?

2. Who were Romulus and his citizens fighting at the time when the Temple of Jupiter was said to be established?

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

4. When was Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus supposed to have returned from semi-exile to become dictator and lead Roman armies to victory?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who were Catiline and Cicero?

3. How did the Republic begin according to Roman historians and to Beard?

4. In Chapter 1, what are some times that author states that Rome faced danger and defeat?

5. What information survives from the first century BCE that can be used to study Rome?

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

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

8. Why is Ancient Rome important?

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

10. Who was Polybius?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After Gaius was assassinated, he was portrayed as a monster. What motives might Claudius, Gaius’s successor have had for portraying Gaius as a monster? Why is information about Gaius likely to be biased because it was disseminated by his successor?

Essay Topic 2

Beard believes that the boundary between myth and history for early Rome is blurred. Why does Beard believe that the boundary between myth and history for early Rome is blurred? Why is it difficult to know what is myth and what is history for that period of time?

Essay Topic 3

The elite and the working class had different views of working for a wage. How did the elite view working for a wage? How did the working class view working for a wage? What do the views of the elite and the working class reveal about work and identity in Rome?

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