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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 Roman times, how many of the children born would die by the age of ten?

2. What interest rate did Marcus Junius Brutus charge the people of Salamis when he lent money?

3. How many occupations were there in the city of Rome alone?

4. When did Cicero decide to join the Pompeians in the civil war?

5. In Chapter 6, when was a full census carried out?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Corinth and how was it defeated by the Romans?

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

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

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

5. What carnage happened after Carthage fell?

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

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

8. What was the city of Carthage like, and how did Rome finally defeat it?

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

10. What was the uprising of Spartacus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Polybius was a Greek detainee who became a historian. How did Polybius have to sometimes balance his loyalties? How did he know both the Roman and the Greek sides of history? Why was he able to understand both sides of the Roman story?

Essay Topic 2

Rome had no system of primogeniture. How does primogeniture help resolve issues of succession? Did Rome have a system of succession? What were the challenges of succession for emperors?

Essay Topic 3

The Roman Republic ended when Caesar gained absolute power of Rome. What were some causes that ended the Republic? Why did the Republic fail and end?

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