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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 did Hannibal know of the Roman army according to "Carthage"?

2. What differentiated Romans and Greeks as far as religion?

3. What did nations consider Carthaginians to be?

4. How many Romans died at Cannae?

5. How many of Titus Livius's surviving books are about Cannae?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the three assembled bodies?

2. What thrived in Carthage?

3. Who was Titius Livius?

4. What gave Polybius access to research material?

5. What did military tribunes do for the first time in history according to Chapter 2?

6. How did religion come into play?

7. How did some rise in military ranks?

8. What did the Roman soldiers likely have difficulty with at Cannae?

9. What biases came through in Polybius' writings?

10. What did Polybius examine when he hiked through the Alps?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Hasdrubal Barca and Hannibal, and compare and contrast their strategies.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss what we can learn from battles like the Battle at Cannae.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the impact that Fabius and Minucius had on the leadership of Roman troops.

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