Question 1

In the ______ system of Roman tax collection, farmers paid one-tenth of their annual crop in taxes.&#10;A) tithe&#10;B) tributum&#10;C) publican&#10;D) Quaestio de repetundis

Accepted Answer

The tithe system required farmers to pay one-tenth of their annual crop as taxes.

Question 2

The death of ______ made clear the willingness of many senators to violate the principle of sacrosanctitas in pursuit of their individual political and financial interests.&#10;A) Scipio Nasica&#10;B) Tiberius Gracchus&#10;C) Fulvius Flaccus&#10;D) Spurius Postumius

Accepted Answer

Tiberius Gracchus was a Roman tribune whose death highlighted the extent to which senators were willing to compromise the principle of sacrosanctitas, which protected tribunes, for their own political and financial gains.

Question 3

The Latin word for money, pecunia, derives from pecus, which means ______.&#10;A) &#34;tilled land&#34;&#10;B) &#34;copper&#34;&#10;C) &#34;herd of cows&#34;&#10;D) &#34;tin&#34;

Accepted Answer

The Latin word "pecunia" comes from "pecus," which means "herd of cows," reflecting the historical use of livestock as a measure of wealth.

Question 4

Which of the following was not one of the main responsibilities of a provincial governor?&#10;A) administration of justice&#10;B) oversight of military defense&#10;C) providing a local security force for each town&#10;D) tax collection

Accepted Answer

Providing a local security force for each town was typically not a main responsibility of a provincial governor; their duties were more focused on broader administrative, military, and fiscal responsibilities.

Question 5

When Gaius Gracchus occupied the Aventine Hill, the Consul Opimius was emboldened by ______ to raise an armed band and attack him.&#10;A) Gaius' declaration that he would not resort to violence to defend himself&#10;B) reports from spies on the Aventine Hill&#10;C) auspices taken by the Pontifex Maximus&#10;D) the &#34;Last Recommendation of the Senate&#34;

Accepted Answer

The "Last Recommendation of the Senate" (Senatus Consultum Ultimum) was a decree that gave the consul the authority to take whatever action necessary to protect the state, effectively allowing Opimius to use force against Gaius Gracchus.

Question 6

The philosophical school of ______ so alarmed many influential Romans that its teachers were expelled from Rome in the second century BCE.&#10;A) Epicureanism&#10;B) Stoicism&#10;C) Pythagoreanism&#10;D) Neoplatonism

Accepted Answer

Epicureanism was seen as a threat to traditional Roman values and social order, leading to the expulsion of its teachers from Rome in 173 BCE.

Question 7

Which of the following was most responsible for the need for an effective monetary system at Rome?&#10;A) imports&#10;B) warfare&#10;C) exports&#10;D) public construction projects

Accepted Answer

Warfare required the Roman government to raise large sums of money to pay for soldiers, weapons, and supplies.

Question 8

The law that Gaius Gracchus characterized as &#34;a dagger in the side of the Senate&#34; did what?&#10;A) Made it illegal for an ex-consul to be both a Senator and a Proconsul&#10;B) Transferred control of the Extortion Court from the Senate to the equestrians&#10;C) Forbade Senators from owning more than 500 jugera of land in Italy&#10;D) Expanded the number of seats in the Senate

Accepted Answer

Gaius Gracchus transferred control of the Extortion Court from the Senate to the equestrians, reducing the Senate's power and influence, which he described as "a dagger in the side of the Senate."

Question 9

Roman provinces were governed by ______ and ______.&#10;A) Tribunes, Praetors&#10;B) a member of the patrician class, a member of the plebeian class&#10;C) Aediles, Senators over 60 years of age&#10;D) Proconsuls, Praetors

Accepted Answer

Roman provinces were typically governed by proconsuls and praetors, who were appointed to manage the provinces and maintain order.

Question 10

The Latin town of ______ was destroyed when, upset at the defeat of a bill that would've granted Rome's Italian allies citizenship, it attempted to withdraw from its alliance with Rome.&#10;A) Ancona&#10;B) Tarentum&#10;C) Capua&#10;D) Fregellae

Accepted Answer

Fregellae was destroyed by Rome in 125 BC after it attempted to secede from the Roman alliance due to the defeat of a bill that would have granted Roman citizenship to its Italian allies.

Question 11

Gladiatorial contests originated in Greece, and were yet another Roman borrowing from Greek culture.

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Question 12

Unlike his older brother Tiberius, Gaius Gracchus sided with the political interests of the Senate.

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Question 13

People could be initiated into more than one mystery cult.

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Question 14

One of the major failures of the Roman Republic was that it never effectively integrated the provinces and their inhabitants into Roman government and society.

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Question 15

Each Roman province was organized around a central administrative office that handled all official business for the inhabitants of that province.

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Deck 5: The Impact of Expansion on Rome in the Second Century BCE