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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. During Nero's rule, when was Rome destroyed by fire?

2. Under which emperor did Pliny the Younger serve as a governor of the province of Bithynia?

3. How many Roman emperors were there in almost 200 years?

4. How far was Corinth from Carthage?

5. What was the name of the sister of Clodius, who was the wife of a senator and the lover of the poet Catullus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What carnage happened after Carthage fell?

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

3. How did Augustus die?

4. Who was Pliny the Younger?

5. What was the uprising of Spartacus?

6. How did Gibbon characterize emperors in his history?

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

10. What contribution did Caesar make to timekeeping?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Thousands of writings by Cicero are still available today. What information can be gleaned about ordinary people from Cicero’s writings? How would you describe the lives of ordinary people in Rome based on Cicero’s writings?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Augustus became emperor after Caesar. How did Augustus become emperor after Caesar? What does his rise to power convey about the establishment of autocratic rule in Rome?

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