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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 occupations were there in the city of Rome alone?

2. Before the outbreak of the civil war, how much did Cicero owe Julius Caesar?

3. How old was Publilia, Cicero's second wife, when they married?

4. How long were Quintus and Pomponia married?

5. During Claudius's rule, how many senators were put to death?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Roman marriage a simple and private business?

2. Why was there not more social and political conflict than is recorded?

3. What was the uprising of Spartacus?

4. How was Caesar assassinated?

5. Who was Caesar's heir?

6. How did Augustus die?

7. Why did Cicero serve as a lawyer to prosecute Gaius Verres, and what was the outcome of the case?

8. How did Cicero describe the time when he entertained Caesar for dinner in one of his seaside estates?

9. Who was Gaius?

10. What contribution did Caesar make to timekeeping?

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

Augustus became emperor after Caesar. How did Augustus become emperor after Caesar? What does his rise to power convey about the establishment of autocratic rule in Rome?

Essay Topic 3

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

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