Quizzes for Exam 1

Question 1

literary evidence for the Early Iron Ages

Answer 1

• Livy’s historical accounts in the Foundation of Rome

- Greek authors on Greek colonies in Graecia Magna and the Etruscans

Question 2

Rex during the Roman Monarchy

Answer 2

• the term of rex was unlimited
• the rex was the military leader of Rome
• rex was now hereditary

Question 3

where did the Greeks settle in the Early Iron Age?

Answer 3

Sicily and souther Italy

Question 4

where did the Etruscans settle in the Early Iron Age

Answer 4

Etruria

Question 5

where did the Samnites settle in the Early Iron Age?

Answer 5

central and eastern Italy

Question 6

Aemelius

Answer 6

overthrew his brother and took over the kingship of Alba Longa

Question 7

Mezentius

Answer 7

Etruscan king who helped Turnus fight against Aeneas

Question 8

Romulus

Answer 8

killed his brother

Question 9

Tarquin the Proud

Answer 9

last king of Rome

Question 10

Greek City-states

Answer 10

• were politically independent
• individual city-sates had their own army and defense
• most had a fortification wall around their urban center

Question 11

Tarquin the Proud

Answer 11

last king of Rome

Question 12

Numa Pompilius

Answer 12

second king of Rome

Question 13

Servius Tullius

Answer 13

sixth king of Rome

Question 14

Reasons Livy wrote about the history of Rome

Answer 14

• recount the history of Rome from its earliest beginnings
• provide a more historical (as opposed to poetic) recount of history
• consider the means by which Rome’s power was acquired and expanded

Question 15

Etruscans were well known for their elaborate ____ and intricate _____

Answer 15

cemeteries; metalwork

Question 16

True or False: the Regia was located in the Roman Forum

Answer 16

true

Question 17

True or False: according to Livy, Romulus established three tribes that contained all the citizens of Rome

Answer 17

true

Question 18

provinces of Rome

Answer 18

spain, macedonia, sicily

Question 19

plebians

Answer 19

• were typically without access to the aristocratic offices during the early Republic
• led a succession and established their own assembly
• published the twelve tables

Question 20

Hannibal

Answer 20

2nd Punic War

Question 21

King Philip V

Answer 21

Macedonian wars

Question 22

Gauls/Celts

Answer 22

sack of Rome

Question 23

important outcome of the fourth Macedonian War

Answer 23

Macedonia became a province of Rome

Question 24

Cursus honoris (highest to lowest)

Answer 24

consul, praetor, aedile, quastor

Question 25

Licinian-Sextian laws

Answer 25

• plebians were given access to public lands
• debt reform that minimized interest
• plebians were given access to religious offices

Question 26

important outcome or result of the 1st Punic War

Answer 26

• Sicily became a province of Rome
• the birth of the Roman navy
• Corsica became a province of Rome

Question 27

highest ranking social class in Roman society?

Answer 27

senatores

Question 28

The appointment of dictator took place after the _____ passed a decree authorizing the ____ to nominate a dictator.

Answer 28

senate; consuls

Question 29

municipia

Answer 29

• the Etruscan city-state of Veii

- the city-states of Magna Graecia on the Italian peninsula

Question 30

True or false: As part of his religious reforms, Augustus assured that religious offices were open all Roman citizens.

Answer 30

False

Question 31

Tiberius

Answer 31

redistribution of public land to landless peasants

Question 32

Gaius

Answer 32

handing over the control of the extortion courts to the equites

Question 33

Pompey

Answer 33

great general who fought under Sulla

Question 34

Caesar

Answer 34

great orator and politician who quickly rose up from the curses honorum

Question 35

Crassus

Answer 35

defeated the slave revolt of spartacus

Question 36

Which of the following were precedents set by Sulla that are later repeated by other powerful Roman leaders?

Answer 36

• leading an army against Rome
• issuing a proscriptions list
• unlimited dictatorship

Question 37

What is most likely being depicted in the following panel from the Ara Pacis Augustae?

Answer 37

Mother Earth or the goddess Italia

Question 38

Who granted imperium to the members of the Second Triumvirate?

Answer 38

the plebeian assembly

Question 39

Which of the following did Julius Caesar do after his triumphant return to Rome in 45/44 BCE?

Answer 39

• offered clementia to supporters of Pompey
• cancelled debts for those suffering in debt slavery
• distributed public lands to his veterans
• began a building program in the city of Rome

Question 40

problems in Roman society and government that the Gracchi brothers were trying to fix?

Answer 40

• corruption in the distribution of land grants favored Roman elites
• the gap between the elites and common people was widening
• many plebians were suffering in poverty and landlessness
• the citizen militia had become very weak
• the office of the tribune of the plebs was working for the benefit of the senate

Question 41

outcomes of the Social War?

Answer 41

• all of Italy was united into a single state
• the citizen population of Rome rose to over a million people
• Italians were granted citizenship titles given to Octavian?

Question 42

titles given to Octavian?

Answer 42

• pontifex maximus
• princeps
• Augustus