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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. After Trajan was named emperor, how long was it before he returned to Rome from Germany?
2. When was Caesar murdered?
3. When was Caesar elected consul?
4. In the ruins of Pompeii, when was a statue found that had an inscription indicating that it was a gift of Lucius Mummius, son of Lucius, consul?
5. What interest rate did Marcus Junius Brutus charge the people of Salamis when he lent money?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Cicero describe the time when he entertained Caesar for dinner in one of his seaside estates?
2. How did Gibbon characterize emperors in his history?
3. Why was there not more social and political conflict than is recorded?
4. What was different about the version of citizenship that the Romans invented?
5. What does the portrayal of Nero by modern historians demonstrate about history?
6. What was the biggest killer of young adult women from Rome and why?
7. Why could money not protect the rich from the discomforts and harsher sides of ancient life?
8. What loot did Pompey attain after his victory over King Mithradates VI of Pontus?
9. Who was Gaius?
10. How did emperors gain their fortunes?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
Mary Beard, a classics professor, wrote SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome. Why did Beard write the book?
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