Question 1

Why did the poet Ovid (43 B.C.E.-17 C.E.) fall out of favor with Augustus in 8 B.C.E.?

Accepted Answer

A)  He published the irreverent and bawdy Art of Love. 
B)  He refused to write a poem praising the first ten years of Augustus's reign. 
C)  He became entangled in a scandal involving Augustus's granddaughter. 
D)  In his work Metamorphoses, Ovid criticized Augustus's transformation of government. 
A)  He published the irreverent and bawdy Art of Love. 
B)  He refused to write a poem praising the first ten years of Augustus's reign. 
C)  He became entangled in a scandal involving Augustus's granddaughter. 
D)  In his work Metamorphoses, Ovid criticized Augustus's transformation of government. C

Question 2

How did the emperor Caracalla attempt to solve the budget crisis?

Accepted Answer

A)  He bestowed citizenship on every subject-man or woman-in the Roman Empire except slaves, thereby increasing inheritance tax receipts. 
B)  He attempted to expand his empire still further into the Germanic lands north of the Danube, thereby securing yet another source of war plunder. 
C)  He passed a law whereby Italians, for the first time, would be taxed much like other citizens of the empire. 
D)  He promised the soldiers land in the provinces in exchange for their acceptance of reduced pay. 
A)  He bestowed citizenship on every subject-man or woman-in the Roman Empire except slaves, thereby increasing inheritance tax receipts. 
B)  He attempted to expand his empire still further into the Germanic lands north of the Danube, thereby securing yet another source of war plunder. 
C)  He passed a law whereby Italians, for the first time, would be taxed much like other citizens of the empire. 
D)  He promised the soldiers land in the provinces in exchange for their acceptance of reduced pay. A

Question 3

According to Jewish apocalypticism, the world was ruled by

Accepted Answer

A)  evil powers that would one day be crushed by the Messiah, God's chosen agent, after which the righteous would be rewarded and the evil punished. 
B)  corrupt human beings whose crimes would one day incur God's wrath and cause the destruction of earth by fire. 
C)  a positive divine force who secured a blessed afterlife for believers. 
D)  the Messiah, who was gathering the souls of the righteous into an army that would destroy evil people throughout the world. 
A)  evil powers that would one day be crushed by the Messiah, God's chosen agent, after which the righteous would be rewarded and the evil punished. 
B)  corrupt human beings whose crimes would one day incur God's wrath and cause the destruction of earth by fire. 
C)  a positive divine force who secured a blessed afterlife for believers. 
D)  the Messiah, who was gathering the souls of the righteous into an army that would destroy evil people throughout the world. A

Question 4

Describe the hazardous living conditions that most Romans faced, and explain why this situation was a constant worry for Rome's rulers. What measures did Roman leaders take to address these problems?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include the followi

Question 5

Which of the following statements describes the period of the reign of the five "good emperors" (96 C.E.-180 C.E.)?

Accepted Answer

A)  It represented the longest period without a civil war in over one hundred years. 
B)  It brought close to one hundred years of relative peace throughout the Roman empire. 
C)  It was the only period in which imperial cults emerged spontaneously throughout the empire. 
D)  It was a period of intense spiritual and philosophical exploration among the elite classes. 
A)  It represented the longest period without a civil war in over one hundred years. 
B)  It brought close to one hundred years of relative peace throughout the Roman empire. 
C)  It was the only period in which imperial cults emerged spontaneously throughout the empire. 
D)  It was a period of intense spiritual and philosophical exploration among the elite classes.

Question 6

Why did Vespasian allow the imperial cult to emerge only in the provinces beyond Italy and not in Italy itself?

Accepted Answer

A)  The imperial cult would have upset traditional Roman sensibilities. 
B)  Vespasian sought to use the imperial cult to suppress the new religion of Christianity that was spreading in the Near East. 
C)  The Hellenistic regions of the Roman Empire in North Africa and the Near East were more open to emperor worship than Italy or Greece. 
D)  He recognized that imposing an imperial cult predicated on submission to the emperor would help put down rebellions outside of Italy. 
A)  The imperial cult would have upset traditional Roman sensibilities. 
B)  Vespasian sought to use the imperial cult to suppress the new religion of Christianity that was spreading in the Near East. 
C)  The Hellenistic regions of the Roman Empire in North Africa and the Near East were more open to emperor worship than Italy or Greece. 
D)  He recognized that imposing an imperial cult predicated on submission to the emperor would help put down rebellions outside of Italy.

Question 7

Based on this map, which of the following transactions would be the most likely?
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Accepted Answer

A)  Greece trading grain for olive oil from Britain. 
B)  Gaul trading olive oil for grain from Greece. 
C)  Egypt trading slaves for olive oil from Greece. 
D)  Spain trading grain for wine from Gaul. 
A)  Greece trading grain for olive oil from Britain. 
B)  Gaul trading olive oil for grain from Greece. 
C)  Egypt trading slaves for olive oil from Greece. 
D)  Spain trading grain for wine from Gaul.

Question 8

To what extent did the system of imperial rule created by Augustus break from the political traditions of the Roman republic? In your response, please also discuss the symbolic measures introduced by Augustus.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include the followi

Question 9

Which early Christian facilitated the spread of Christianity by opening the new religion to non-Jews and by not requiring male converts to undergo circumcision?

Accepted Answer

A)  Peter 
B)  Juvenal 
C)  Titus 
D)  Paul of Tarsus 
A)  Peter 
B)  Juvenal 
C)  Titus 
D)  Paul of Tarsus

Question 10

What checks were there on the power of the Roman emperors? How were the worst excesses of emperors like Nero and Caligula curbed?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include the followi

Question 11

A woman in the early Christian church could attain a measure of independence and authority if she

Accepted Answer

A)  received an education and taught her children reading, writing, and the scriptures. 
B)  served the bishops in the church by handling their domestic arrangements and money. 
C)  followed traditional Jewish laws and rituals. 
D)  gave up the roles of wife and mother to pursue a celibate, spiritual life. 
A)  received an education and taught her children reading, writing, and the scriptures. 
B)  served the bishops in the church by handling their domestic arrangements and money. 
C)  followed traditional Jewish laws and rituals. 
D)  gave up the roles of wife and mother to pursue a celibate, spiritual life.

Question 12

What Roman writer and philosopher wrote biographies that eventually provided inspiration for some of the plays of William Shakespeare?

Accepted Answer

A)  Trajan 
B)  Plutarch 
C)  Tacitus 
D)  Lucian 
A)  Trajan 
B)  Plutarch 
C)  Tacitus 
D)  Lucian

Question 13

How did the construction of the Colosseum demonstrate the Flavian dynasty's commitment to the well-being of the people?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was deliberately built on the former site of Nero's extravagant private fishpond. 
B)  Titus paid for the Colosseum out of his own pocket instead of using public funds. 
C)  Titus paid free workers a decent wage to build it instead of using slave labor. 
D)  Titus used it to symbolize his promise to rebuild areas damaged by the fire of 64 C.E. 
A)  It was deliberately built on the former site of Nero's extravagant private fishpond. 
B)  Titus paid for the Colosseum out of his own pocket instead of using public funds. 
C)  Titus paid free workers a decent wage to build it instead of using slave labor. 
D)  Titus used it to symbolize his promise to rebuild areas damaged by the fire of 64 C.E.

Question 14

Whom did the emperor Nero publicly blame for the fire that burned much of Rome in 64 C.E.?

Accepted Answer

A)  Disloyal senators 
B)  The Roman mob 
C)  Christians 
D)  Angry gods 
A)  Disloyal senators 
B)  The Roman mob 
C)  Christians 
D)  Angry gods

Question 15

Which Roman emperor was assassinated by the praetorian guard in 41 C.E. after a short but brutal reign marked by decadence and corruption?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tiberius 
B)  Caligula 
C)  Nero 
D)  Augustus 
A)  Tiberius 
B)  Caligula 
C)  Nero 
D)  Augustus

Question 16

Explain the origins of the crisis of the third century C.E. in the Roman Empire. Please discuss the military, economic, political, and demographic factors that contributed to this crisis.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include the followi

Question 17

Why did Romanization have less effect in the eastern provinces than in the western provinces?

Accepted Answer

A)  The religious beliefs of the peoples in the eastern provinces condemned those who succumbed to Roman influence. 
B)  The peoples of western Europe were more impressed by Roman culture than were peoples in the more advanced east and were therefore more open to adopting Roman customs. 
C)  Hellenistic-Near Eastern culture had long been firmly entrenched, thus making it difficult for Romanization to have much sway. 
D)  Unlike the peoples of the western provinces, who all spoke Latin, the multilingual east found it difficult to understand and relate to Roman law, literature, and customs. 
A)  The religious beliefs of the peoples in the eastern provinces condemned those who succumbed to Roman influence. 
B)  The peoples of western Europe were more impressed by Roman culture than were peoples in the more advanced east and were therefore more open to adopting Roman customs. 
C)  Hellenistic-Near Eastern culture had long been firmly entrenched, thus making it difficult for Romanization to have much sway. 
D)  Unlike the peoples of the western provinces, who all spoke Latin, the multilingual east found it difficult to understand and relate to Roman law, literature, and customs.

Question 18

Explain how Augustus's lifelong powers of a tribune and his military reforms gave him supreme power in the state, despite his restoration of the forms of the republic.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include the followi

Question 19

One stabilizing factor in the reigns of the Golden Age emperors was that the first four emperors

Accepted Answer

A)  had no surviving sons and were therefore able to use adoption to find the best possible successor. 
B)  engaged in shrewd public relations by stamping their images on coins, establishing their imperial cults, and inscribing their names on public buildings. 
C)  generously paid an enormous number of soldiers who collected taxes and maintained peace at all costs. 
D)  offered to all their loyal subjects the possibility and attendant rewards of citizenship, regardless of gender, nationality, or ethnicity. 
A)  had no surviving sons and were therefore able to use adoption to find the best possible successor. 
B)  engaged in shrewd public relations by stamping their images on coins, establishing their imperial cults, and inscribing their names on public buildings. 
C)  generously paid an enormous number of soldiers who collected taxes and maintained peace at all costs. 
D)  offered to all their loyal subjects the possibility and attendant rewards of citizenship, regardless of gender, nationality, or ethnicity.

Question 20

Which aspects of the worship of Isis made her cult appealing to many people during the early republic?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include the followi

Exam 6: The Creation of the Roman Empire, 44 B.C.E-284 C.E

Why did the poet Ovid (43 B.C.E.-17 C.E.) fall out of favor with Augustus in 8 B.C.E.?

How did the emperor Caracalla attempt to solve the budget crisis?

According to Jewish apocalypticism, the world was ruled by

Describe the hazardous living conditions that most Romans faced, and explain why this situation was a constant worry for Rome's rulers. What measures did Roman leaders take to address these problems?

Which of the following statements describes the period of the reign of the five "good emperors" (96 C.E.-180 C.E.)?

Why did Vespasian allow the imperial cult to emerge only in the provinces beyond Italy and not in Italy itself?

Based on this map, which of the following transactions would be the most likely? ​ ​

To what extent did the system of imperial rule created by Augustus break from the political traditions of the Roman republic? In your response, please also discuss the symbolic measures introduced by Augustus.

Which early Christian facilitated the spread of Christianity by opening the new religion to non-Jews and by not requiring male converts to undergo circumcision?

What checks were there on the power of the Roman emperors? How were the worst excesses of emperors like Nero and Caligula curbed?

A woman in the early Christian church could attain a measure of independence and authority if she

What Roman writer and philosopher wrote biographies that eventually provided inspiration for some of the plays of William Shakespeare?

How did the construction of the Colosseum demonstrate the Flavian dynasty's commitment to the well-being of the people?

Whom did the emperor Nero publicly blame for the fire that burned much of Rome in 64 C.E.?

Which Roman emperor was assassinated by the praetorian guard in 41 C.E. after a short but brutal reign marked by decadence and corruption?

Explain the origins of the crisis of the third century C.E. in the Roman Empire. Please discuss the military, economic, political, and demographic factors that contributed to this crisis.

Why did Romanization have less effect in the eastern provinces than in the western provinces?

Explain how Augustus's lifelong powers of a tribune and his military reforms gave him supreme power in the state, despite his restoration of the forms of the republic.

One stabilizing factor in the reigns of the Golden Age emperors was that the first four emperors

Which aspects of the worship of Isis made her cult appealing to many people during the early republic?

Early Western Civilization, 400,000-1000 B.C.E

Near East Empires and the Reemergence of Civilization in Greece, 1000-500 B.C.E

The Greek Golden Age, C 500-C 400 B.C.E

From the Classical to the Hellenistic World, 400-30 B.C.E

The Rise of Rome and Its Republic, 753-44 B.C.E

The Transformation of the Roman Empire, 284-600 C.E

The Heirs of Rome: Islam, Byzantium, and Europe, 600-750

From Centralization to Fragmentation, 750-1050

Commercial Quickening and Religious Reform, 1050-1150

The Flowering of the Middle Ages, 1150-1215

The Medieval Synthesis and Its Cracks, 1215-1340

Crisis and Renaissance, 1340-1492

Global Encounters and the Shock of the Reformation, 1492-1560

Wars of Religion and the Clash of Worldviews, 1560-1648

Absolutism, Constitutionalism, and the Search for Order, 1640-1700

The Atlantic System and Its Consequences, 1700-1750

The Promise of Enlightenment, 1750-1789

The Cataclysm of Revolution, 1789-1799

Napoleon and the Revolutionary Legacy, 1800-1830

Industrialization and Social Ferment, 1830-1850

Politics and Culture of the Nation-State, 1850-1870

Empire, Industry, and Everyday Life, 1870-1890

Modernity and the Road to War, 1890-1914

World War I and Its Aftermath, 1914-1929

The Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945

The Cold War and the Remaking of Europe, 1945-1960s

Postindustrial Society and the End of the Cold War Order, 1960s-1989

A New Globalism, 1989 to the Present

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Based on this map, which of the following transactions would be the most likely?