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

2. How was Tiberius killed in 133 BCE?

3. When did Pompey the Great triumph over King Mithradates VI of Pontus?

4. When was Caesar murdered?

5. When did emperors begin to be portrayed with full beards?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the portrayal of Nero by modern historians demonstrate about history?

2. What loot did Pompey attain after his victory over King Mithradates VI of Pontus?

3. How did Gibbon characterize emperors in his history?

4. What was Gaius Sempronius Gracchus known for doing?

5. What contribution did Caesar make to timekeeping?

6. How was Caesar assassinated?

7. Who was Caesar's heir?

8. What property did Cicero own, and how wealthy was he?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Twelve Tables were a step in the creation of Roman law. What were the Twelve Tables? What type of law did they cover? What do the Twelve Tables reveal about Rome?

Essay Topic 2

Much of the information about the Conspiracy of Catiline is from information his rival, Cicero, provided. What type of narrator might Cicero have been when relating the incidents with Catiline? Why are there limitations of the source materials about the Catiline Conspiracy from Cicero and why might they not be entirely trustworthy?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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