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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. In the first BCE, how many books did a scholar devote to a history of Latin?

2. When was Gaius acclaimed emperor?

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

4. When was Caesar murdered?

5. In 53 BCE, how much did Clodius pay for the house of Marcus Aemilius Scaurus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did members of the imperial family often finds themselves in perilous positions?

2. What was the uprising of Spartacus?

3. What was the biggest killer of young adult women from Rome and why?

4. What was Gaius Sempronius Gracchus known for doing?

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

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

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

8. What information did Cicero leave, and how has it helped provide insight into Roman history?

9. How did emperors gain their fortunes?

10. Who was Pliny the Younger?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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 comments that the history of Rome has changed in the 50 years prior to when she wrote the book. How has Roman history changed? Why does history change?

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