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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. How many young women were estimated to be taken during a religious festival Romulus held?

2. How many of Cicero's letters survived?

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

4. Who was the Roman senator who wrote the first history of Rome?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What un-Roman ritual did Livy write about that occurred in 216 BCE?

3. Who were some well-known descendants of Barbatus?

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

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

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

7. How was Romulus said to die?

8. Who were Catiline and Cicero?

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

10. Who was Polybius?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Roman writers claim that the city of Rome was ruled by kings for two and a half centuries. What is the regal period of Rome? What influence did it have on the Roman Republic and imperial Rome?

Essay Topic 2

Polybius was a Greek detainee who became a historian. How did Polybius have to sometimes balance his loyalties? How did he know both the Roman and the Greek sides of history? Why was he able to understand both sides of the Roman story?

Essay Topic 3

The Roman Republic ended when Caesar gained absolute power of Rome. What were some causes that ended the Republic? Why did the Republic fail and end?

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