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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 was Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus assassinated?

2. When was Caesar elected consul?

3. How long were Quintus and Pomponia married?

4. How long did it take to build Vespasian's amphitheater that came to be known as the Colosseum?

5. When was Cicero governor of Cilicia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why could money not protect the rich from the discomforts and harsher sides of ancient life?

2. What was Gaius Sempronius Gracchus known for doing?

3. What was different about the version of citizenship that the Romans invented?

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

5. How was Caesar assassinated?

6. What carnage happened after Carthage fell?

7. Who was Pliny the Younger?

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

9. What law was a part of Gaius Gracchus's reform program?

10. Who was Gaius?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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