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ROMAN CIVILIZATION (190:206) FINAL F17 VERSION 1 50 questions in all, each = 2 points. (a) PLEASE write your full name on this test. (b) Please write clearly also on the SCANTRON sheet your full name and the ver test you are taking (1 or 2). This is Version 1 . No other information required. (c) Please return both SCANTRON (with your name) and ORIGINAL OF TEST (with your name) at end of exam to avoid 10 point penalty. 1. In the Empire the urban Plebs A. ceased to exist B. became a body fixed in number (150,000+) and received various benefits C. mostly migrated to the various provinces D. revived the old "Struggle of the Orders" with the patricians E. automatically received patrician status 2. The ritual purification of the state known as the lustrum as well as a tabulation of all property and property owners was carried out (notionally) once every five years in the Republic by the senior magistrates known as the A. aediles B. censors C. lictors D. quaestors E. praetors 3. In the Republic the praetors had to yield precedence to which ONE of the officials below? A. aedile B. consul C. lictor D. quaestor E. vilicus 4. In 23 BC, Augustus was granted full "tribunicia potestas" (tribunician power), which he and later emperors used or could use in all these respects EXCEPT ONE: A. to number the year of one’s reign B. to designate a successor C. to pass legislation in the assembly of Plebs D. to preside over the Senate E. to fight overseas wars 5. In Rome, the group known as the Populus A. administered the distribution of grain B. included only patricians C. included only members of the Plebs D. included both patricians and members of the Plebs E. is a term exactly equivalent to “the Curiate Assembly” 6. The Roman Senate often passed a recommendation to magistrates, expressing what the senators decided. When enforced by a magistrate, that recommendation had the force of law. What is the Latin term and abbreviation for that recommendation? A. senatus consultum (SC) B. senatus decisum (SD) C. senatorium recommendum (SR) D. senatus comitia (SC) E. senatorium censorium (SC) 7. Which ONE of the following led a major slave revolt against Rome in the years 73-71 BC? A. Spado B. Synesius C. Simplicius D. Spartacus E. none, since Rome, unlike Greece, was immune to slave revolts 8. A Roman freedperson was materially independent but still owed formal obedience to the manumitter and the manumitter's children. That formal obedience is called
A. obsequium B. obsonium C. expecto patronum D. obfuscatio E. nothing; ex-slaves had no obligations whatsoever to their manumitters 9. Roman emperors, especially Claudius (AD 41-54), had what relationship with imperial slaves they had freed? A. they might allow them positions of great influence in administrative posts B. they avoided them altogether C. starting with Augustus, they opened the consulship to them D. starting with Claudius, they filled the Senate with them, replacing free-born members E. only sexual 10. Which of the following WAS an attribute of Rome's constitution in the Republic? A. it was carved for all to see near the Temple of Castor in the Forum B. it was proclaimed yearly in the Colosseum C. it was unwritten D. remarkably, it completely eliminated favoritism and special influence E. it guaranteed the Emperor the title of "pater patriae" Consider the following passage for the next four questions: “There is one race of men which the very wealthiest among us find highly acceptable socially, but which I find particularly repulsive. About this race I am eager to speak, and no artificial sense of decorum will silence me. Citizens, I cannot bear a Rome that has become a Greek city. And yet, what portion of the dregs in our city is Greek? For a long time Syrian Orontes [a river] has poured its sewage into our [river that flows through Rome]—its language, its customs, its flutes, its string instruments, its foreign tambourine, and the prostitutes who are sent to hang out at the race track….” (Juvenal) = Shelton 235 11. Which of the following is NOT true of the job situation in Rome? A. the poor free-born might find themselves working alongside slaves, but for pay B. educated freedpersons might hold positions as teachers C. women were banned from any work that required that they be seen in public D. freedpersons in the lower class worked the same types of jobs as free persons E. jobs might be highly specialized 12. The "race track" in this passage is probably the A. Colosseum B. Flavian Amphitheatre C. Circus Maximus D. Sacred Way in the Roman Forum E. Appian Way 13. The genre of literature for which Juvenal is noted is called A. epic B. tragedy C. comedy D. satire E. pantomime 14. What is the “[river that flows through Rome”] in this passage? A. Tiffin B. Tentyris C. Tiber D. Tallahatchie E. Tioga Consider the following passage for the next four questions “Augustus…said that he would not himself assume the administration of all the provinces, and that in the cases of those provinces which he did personally govern, he would not do so forever. In fact, he did return to the Senate the weaker provinces, on the ground that they were peaceful and not at war, but he retained control over the stronger provinces, on the ground that they were
unstable and explosive, and either had hostile neighbors or were themselves able to foment a serious revolt. He claimed to have done this in order that the Senate might without anxiety enjoy the best portions of the Empire, but in actual fact he did this in order that, having carried out his plan, the senators might be unarmed and unprepared for battle, while he alone had arms and maintained soldiers…” (Dio Cassius) = Shelton 267 15. Which of the following titles did the emperor Augustus NOT hold in his lifetime? A. pater patriae ("father of his country") B. imperator C. princeps ("leading citizen") D. "Augustus" E. rex ("king") 16. In the imperial period, under Augustus' reforms, the Senate A. continued to govern all overseas provinces B. governed only the provinces that had small military forces C. completely lost all supervision of Rome's provinces D. governed only Egypt E. was purged of native Romans and filled exclusively with provincials 17. We know from this passage and others that Augustus with "reluctance" agreed to accept a large super-province consisting of certain territories for 10 years. How did he govern it? A. through personal representatives with delegated imperium known as aediles B. through personal representatives with delegated imperium known as legati ( C. not at all; he let the territories in question slip into anarchy D. by personally visiting each and every territory each year E. by sending out the magistrates known as lictors (who held the fasces), one to each territory, each for a period of one year Consider the following passage for the next four questions “A parade celebrating a military victory…takes the following form. Whenever a great and noteworthy victory was achieved, the general was immediately hailed by his solders as imperator . He would bind sprigs of laurel around the fasces and give them to runners to carry to the city and announce the victory. When he returned home, he would assemble the Senate and ask it to have a [the celebration] voted for him. And if he obtained a favorable vote from the Senate and from the popular assembly, the title of imperator was also ratified for him. If he was still in the office which he held when he won the victory, he remained in that office for the celebration (Cassius Dio, summarized by Zonaras) = Shelton 293 18. What is the Latin name of the celebration to which this passage refers? A. tribuncia potestas B. tribunus plebis C. aerarium D. dos E. triumphus 19. The Latin term imperator is derived from the word imperium which best means A. a magistrate's full civil and military power B. the power of the Roman Senate C. the power of the Roman Plebs D. sprig of laurel E. chariot 20. One point of having the Senate's ratifying vote for this celebration was to allow ex- magistrates to cross the sacral boundary of the city of Rome without losing their military power. That boundary is known as the A. imperium B. aerarium C. pomerium D. gladitorium E. amphitheatrum
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