Question 1

The people to the north of Rome who apparently ruled Rome for a century and heavily influenced Roman urban culture were the

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A) Ligurians. 
B) Gauls. 
C) Samnites. 
D) Etruscans. 
E) Dorians. 
A) Ligurians. 
B) Gauls. 
C) Samnites. 
D) Etruscans. 
E) Dorians.

Question 2

Cicero

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A) believed in a "concord of the orders." 
B) was a "new man" of the equestrian order. 
C) was a great orator and capable lawyer. 
D) advocated a balanced government of monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) believed in a "concord of the orders." 
B) was a "new man" of the equestrian order. 
C) was a great orator and capable lawyer. 
D) advocated a balanced government of monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 3

Talk about:
-Latium

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Latium is a region in central Italy, kno

Question 4

Which Roman writer is most closely associated with the development of a new style of poetry at the end of the Roman Republic?

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A) Sallust 
B) Cicero 
C) Catullus 
D) Plutarch 
E) Virgil 
A) Sallust 
B) Cicero 
C) Catullus 
D) Plutarch 
E) Virgil

Question 5

Talk about:
-​Servius Tullius

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Servius Tullius was the sixth king of Ro

Question 6

Julius Caesar

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A) defeated Crassus at the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 B.C.E. 
B) dissolved the Senate while he was dictator for life. 
C) was assassinated for his strong beliefs in republican institutions. 
D) married Cleopatra. 
E) led military commands in Spain and especially Gaul that enhanced his popularity. 
A) defeated Crassus at the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 B.C.E. 
B) dissolved the Senate while he was dictator for life. 
C) was assassinated for his strong beliefs in republican institutions. 
D) married Cleopatra. 
E) led military commands in Spain and especially Gaul that enhanced his popularity.

Question 7

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

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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 these are correct. 
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 these are correct.

Question 8

During the Third Punic War against Carthage, the Romans made Egypt a Roman province.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What was the significance of Scipio Africanus in the Second Punic War?

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A) He impeded Hannibal's advance in Italy through delaying tactics. 
B) He expelled the Carthaginians from Spain and later won the decisive Battle of Zama. 
C) He engineered a valuable alliance with the Gauls. 
D) He first utilized elephants as "living tanks." 
E) He saved Rome by leaving his farm, assuming military leadership, and then returning to his land. 
A) He impeded Hannibal's advance in Italy through delaying tactics. 
B) He expelled the Carthaginians from Spain and later won the decisive Battle of Zama. 
C) He engineered a valuable alliance with the Gauls. 
D) He first utilized elephants as "living tanks." 
E) He saved Rome by leaving his farm, assuming military leadership, and then returning to his land.

Question 10

Talk about:
-paterfamilias

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The answer of Talk about:
-paterfamilias...

Question 11

Talk about:
-omens and colleges of pontiffs and augurs

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Omens were considered to be signs or mes

Question 12

Talk about:
-Romulus and Remus

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Romulus and Remus are central figures in

Question 13

Talk about:
-Hannibal

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Hannibal was a Carthaginian general and

Question 14

Talk about:
-Roman Senate

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The Roman Senate was a political institu

Question 15

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

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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 16

The Twelve Tables

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A) was the meeting place of the Roman Senate. 
B) were to record and inspire a new religious cult in Rome. 
C) referred to the arts of the Roman festival celebrating spring's arrival. 
D) was the only place in Rome where patricians and plebeians could meet together. 
E) were the first formal codification of Roman law and customs. 
A) was the meeting place of the Roman Senate. 
B) were to record and inspire a new religious cult in Rome. 
C) referred to the arts of the Roman festival celebrating spring's arrival. 
D) was the only place in Rome where patricians and plebeians could meet together. 
E) were the first formal codification of Roman law and customs.

Question 17

Talk about:
-Crassus and Pompey

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Crassus and Pompey were two prominent fi

Question 18

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.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Talk about:
-Gaul

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Gaul was a region in Western Europe duri

Question 20

In their struggle with the patricians, Roman plebeians employed which of the following tactics?

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A) allying with the Etruscans against Rome 
B) the formation of popular assemblies to lobby for more political reforms 
C) open civil war 
D) assassination of political opponents 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) allying with the Etruscans against Rome 
B) the formation of popular assemblies to lobby for more political reforms 
C) open civil war 
D) assassination of political opponents 
E) All of these are correct.

The people to the north of Rome who apparently ruled Rome for a century and heavily influenced Roman urban culture were the

Cicero

Talk about: -Latium

Which Roman writer is most closely associated with the development of a new style of poetry at the end of the Roman Republic?

Talk about: -Servius Tullius

Julius Caesar

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

During the Third Punic War against Carthage, the Romans made Egypt a Roman province.

What was the significance of Scipio Africanus in the Second Punic War?

Talk about: -paterfamilias

Talk about: -omens and colleges of pontiffs and augurs

Talk about: -Romulus and Remus

Talk about: -Hannibal

Talk about: -Roman Senate

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

The Twelve Tables

Talk about: -Crassus and Pompey

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.

Talk about: -Gaul

In their struggle with the patricians, Roman plebeians employed which of the following tactics?

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Exam 5: The Roman Republic

The people to the north of Rome who apparently ruled Rome for a century and heavily influenced Roman urban culture were the

Cicero

Talk about: -Latium

Which Roman writer is most closely associated with the development of a new style of poetry at the end of the Roman Republic?

Talk about: -​Servius Tullius

Julius Caesar

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

During the Third Punic War against Carthage, the Romans made Egypt a Roman province.

What was the significance of Scipio Africanus in the Second Punic War?

Talk about: -paterfamilias

Talk about: -omens and colleges of pontiffs and augurs

Talk about: -Romulus and Remus

Talk about: -Hannibal

Talk about: -Roman Senate

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

The Twelve Tables

Talk about: -Crassus and Pompey

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.

Talk about: -Gaul

In their struggle with the patricians, Roman plebeians employed which of the following tactics?

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Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

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