Question 1

define the following term:
-Hannibal

Accepted Answer

Hannibal was a Carthaginian general and

Question 2

The immediate cause of the First Punic War was

Accepted Answer

A) Carthaginian treachery in the Pyrrhic Wars. 
B) Roman colonization in North Africa. 
C) Carthaginian expansion along the Spanish and Italian coasts. 
D) Rome sending an army to Sicily. 
E) Cato's decision to destroy Carthage. 
A) Carthaginian treachery in the Pyrrhic Wars. 
B) Roman colonization in North Africa. 
C) Carthaginian expansion along the Spanish and Italian coasts. 
D) Rome sending an army to Sicily. 
E) Cato's decision to destroy Carthage.

Question 3

Compare and contrast the Roman family of the Republic with the Greek family of Periclean Athens. Can it be said that women had more rights and freedom in one of these societies than the other? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The Roman family of the Republic and the

Question 4

For the Romans, Italy's geography

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A) provided little productive land for agriculture. 
B) divided the peninsula into small isolated communities. 
C) made Rome a natural crossroads and an area easy to defend. 
D) made the conquering of the Mediterranean a difficult task. 
E) created the same difficult environment as in Greece, thus making political unity difficult. 
A) provided little productive land for agriculture. 
B) divided the peninsula into small isolated communities. 
C) made Rome a natural crossroads and an area easy to defend. 
D) made the conquering of the Mediterranean a difficult task. 
E) created the same difficult environment as in Greece, thus making political unity difficult.

Question 5

For the Romans, ius gentium was that part of the law that applied to both Romans and foreigners, or was the law of nations and not just for the Romans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

define the following term:
-the Battle of Actium

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Actium was a decisive nava

Question 7

Because the Romans frequently adopted the gods of the peoples they came into contact with, and since, by the Republic, Greece was a major influence upon Rome, it can be argued that the Romans and the Greeks had essentially the same "Greco-Roman" religion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

An early event in the Struggle of the Orders occurred in 445 B.C.E., when the Canuleian law allowed patricians and plebeians to intermarry.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

define the following term:
-753 B.C.E.

Accepted Answer

In 753 B.C.E., the city of Rome was foun

Question 10

define the following term:
-patricians and plebeians

Accepted Answer

Patricians and plebeians were two distin

Question 11

define the following term:
-Marius

Accepted Answer

Marius is a character in the classic Fre

Question 12

define the following term:
-centuriate assembly

Accepted Answer

The centuriate assembly was a political

Question 13

define the following term:
-Plautus and Terence

Accepted Answer

Plautus and Terence were both Roman play

Question 14

define the following term:
-Etruscans

Accepted Answer

Who? The Etruscans were an ancient civil

Question 15

define the following term:
-Scipio Africanus and the Battle of Zama

Accepted Answer

Scipio Africanus was a Roman general who

Question 16

Which of the following is not true of the centuriate assembly?

Accepted Answer

A) It rivaled the Roman senate for power. 
B) It was the Roman army functioning in its political role. 
C) It was organized by classes based on wealth. 
D) It elected the chief magistrates and passed laws. 
E) It was structured in such a way that the wealthiest citizens always possessed a majority. 
A) It rivaled the Roman senate for power. 
B) It was the Roman army functioning in its political role. 
C) It was organized by classes based on wealth. 
D) It elected the chief magistrates and passed laws. 
E) It was structured in such a way that the wealthiest citizens always possessed a majority.

Question 17

Roman traditionally associated the rape of Lucretia and its alleged consequences with

Accepted Answer

A) the end of the Etruscan domination of Rome. 
B) the model of Roman womanhood and virtue. 
C) the establishment of the era of the Republic. 
D) the end of Rome's control by monarchs. 
E) all of the above. 
A) the end of the Etruscan domination of Rome. 
B) the model of Roman womanhood and virtue. 
C) the establishment of the era of the Republic. 
D) the end of Rome's control by monarchs. 
E) all of the above.

Question 18

The Roman Senate

Accepted Answer

A) was the chief legislative body of the Republic. 
B) could only advise the magistrates in legal matters. 
C) was the most important popular assembly. 
D) saw its power wane by the third century B.C.E. 
E) was the only body with total military authority. 
A) was the chief legislative body of the Republic. 
B) could only advise the magistrates in legal matters. 
C) was the most important popular assembly. 
D) saw its power wane by the third century B.C.E. 
E) was the only body with total military authority.

Question 19

What were the causes and the results of the Punic Wars?

Accepted Answer

The Punic Wars were a series of three wa

Question 20

Romans did not readily accept any Greek philosophy except that of

Accepted Answer

A) Stoicism, because of its emphasis on virtue and duty. 
B) Neo-Platonism, because of its concern for ideal beauty. 
C) Epicureanism, because of its emphasis on the good life. 
D) Hedonism, because of its advocacy of intense emotional experiences. 
E) Aristotelianism because of its logical preciseness and practicality. 
A) Stoicism, because of its emphasis on virtue and duty. 
B) Neo-Platonism, because of its concern for ideal beauty. 
C) Epicureanism, because of its emphasis on the good life. 
D) Hedonism, because of its advocacy of intense emotional experiences. 
E) Aristotelianism because of its logical preciseness and practicality.

Exam 5: The Roman Republic

define the following term: -Hannibal

The immediate cause of the First Punic War was

Compare and contrast the Roman family of the Republic with the Greek family of Periclean Athens. Can it be said that women had more rights and freedom in one of these societies than the other? Why or why not?

For the Romans, Italy's geography

For the Romans, ius gentium was that part of the law that applied to both Romans and foreigners, or was the law of nations and not just for the Romans.

define the following term: -the Battle of Actium

Because the Romans frequently adopted the gods of the peoples they came into contact with, and since, by the Republic, Greece was a major influence upon Rome, it can be argued that the Romans and the Greeks had essentially the same "Greco-Roman" religion.

An early event in the Struggle of the Orders occurred in 445 B.C.E., when the Canuleian law allowed patricians and plebeians to intermarry.

define the following term: -753 B.C.E.

define the following term: -patricians and plebeians

define the following term: -Marius

define the following term: -centuriate assembly

define the following term: -Plautus and Terence

define the following term: -Etruscans

define the following term: -Scipio Africanus and the Battle of Zama

Which of the following is not true of the centuriate assembly?

Roman traditionally associated the rape of Lucretia and its alleged consequences with

The Roman Senate

What were the causes and the results of the Punic Wars?

Romans did not readily accept any Greek philosophy except that of

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