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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. When did the Roman people vote to expel anyone who had put a citizen to death without trial?

2. When Aemilius Paullus returned in 167 BCE from his victory over King Perseus, how long did it take to trundle all of the loot through Rome?

3. In Chapter 3, within what radius of Rome were heroic battles fought?

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

5. Toward the end of the sixth century BCE by the time the last king was thrown out approximately how many people would have lived in Rome?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Rome like in 63 BCE?

2. What was the story of Aeneas founding Rome?

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

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

5. How did Cicero portray Catiline, and might there be another side to the story?

6. How is the phrase "Quousque tandem" (50) from Cicero's speech regarding the conspiracy of Catiline used in modern times?

7. What was said about the corrupting influence on traditional Roman behavior and morals by foreign culture?

8. What was the story of Romulus and Remus?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Citizenship is the relationship between an individual and a state or country. How did Rome invent a new version of citizenship? How did Romans change the way that citizenship was viewed?

Essay Topic 2

Carthage and Corinth were conquered by the Romans within a few months of each other. How long did it take the Romans to conquer Carthage and then Corinth? What brutality occurred after the conquering of the cities? Why were the victors so brutal?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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