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

2. Who was given credit for establishing a calendar and annual roster of festivals, holy days, and holidays?

3. In 63 BCE, when did Catline and Cicero go before the senate?

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

5. When was the first aqueduct to bring water into Rome constructed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Ancient Rome important?

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

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

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

6. What was the story of Romulus and Remus?

7. What does SPQR stand for and mean?

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

9. What was the story of Aeneas founding Rome?

10. Who were Catiline and Cicero?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mary Beard, a classics professor, wrote SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome. Why did Beard write the book?

Essay Topic 2

Spartacus led a group of gladiators in a battle against Rome. Why do some historians want to make Spartacus an ideological hero fighting against slavery? Why does Beard not ascribe to that the theory that Spartacus was an abolitionist?

Essay Topic 3

Rome had no system of primogeniture. How does primogeniture help resolve issues of succession? Did Rome have a system of succession? What were the challenges of succession for emperors?

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