Deck 13: Crisis, Recovery, and the Creation of the Late Roman Empire 192-337

Question 1

Under the reign of Septimius Severus the status of the _______ declined.

A)emperor
B)army
C)Senate
D)Praetorian Guard

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Septimius reportedly told his sons to do what?

A)"Have at least four sons"
B)"Be seen by the Roman people as often as you can"
C)"Always consult the Senate, even if you disregard their advice"
D)"Treat the soldiers well and despise everyone else"

Answer 2

D

Question 3

What was the effect of the Antonine Constitution of 212 CE?

A)All inhabitants of the empire except for slaves and certain freedmen became Roman citizens
B)It permanently set the Roman frontiers at their current location
C)It instantly converted all imperial edicts into laws that were valid throughout the provinces
D)It offered additional incentives for men to join provincial administrations

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Under Roman criminal law in the early third century CE, a person was legally classified into one of which two categories?

A)Honestiores
B)Sublimes
C)Humiliores
D)Blandiores

Question 5

The closest Rome ever came to having real empresses was when which two women took over government on behalf of young emperors?

A)Anna Domna
B)Livia Domna
C)aesa
D)Julia Mamaea

Question 6

Between 235 and 284 CE there were more than _______ emperors.

A)fifty
B)one hundred
C)ten
D)twenty five

Question 7

Who created the Palmyrene Empire and even took the title of Augusta?

A)Artemisia
B)Zenobia
C)Cleopatra IX
D)Postumia

Question 8

The efforts of which emperor earned him the nickname "The Restorer of the World"?

A)Claudius Gothicus
B)Constantine
C)Aurelian
D)Gallienus

Question 9

What Asian senator, who in 229 CE received death threats from the soldiers under his command, wrote an eighty-book history of Rome when he went into retirement?

A)Callinicus
B)Dexippus
C)Dio Cassius
D)Plotinus

Question 10

Which of the following were among the problems that Diocletian faced when he became emperor?

A)A shrinking and underfunded bureaucracy
B)An economy in ruins
C)The army had become difficult to control
D)There was no effective method for choosing emperors

Question 11

Diocletian assumed what title in an effort to change the way the emperor was perceived?

A)Pater Patriae
B)Benevolus
C)Servus
D)Dominus

Question 12

Under Diocletian the army was split up into which two types?

A)limetanei
B)comitatenses
C)custodiae
D)hostes

Question 13

Diocletian revised the tax system so that it was based on payments in kind, known as _______.

A)annona
B)pecuniae
C)fundamenta
D)fides

Question 14

In 312 CE Constantine defeated Maxentius at the Battle of _______.

A)Constantinople
B)the Hellespont
C)the Milvian Bridge
D)Chrysopolis

Question 15

Under Constantine, the Senate lost its authority to do what?

A)Declare war
B)Name emperors
C)Set foreign policy in the east
D)Balance the imperial budget

Question 16

In what ways was Constantinople a copy of Rome?

A)It had its own Senate
B)Its port was exactly the same distance from the city center
C)It was supposedly built on seven hills
D)It had its own Circus

Question 17

Christians and others were granted "full authority to observe that religion which each preferred" by what edict?

A)The Edict of Constantinople
B)The Edict of Rome
C)The Edict of Milan
D)The Edict of Nantes

Question 18

Bishops of Alexandria, Antioch, and Rome acquired the higher status of _______.

A)patriarch
B)vicar
C)archbishop
D)prelate

Question 19

The dioceses seen on this map were administered by _______.

A)centurions
B)vicars
C)praetorians
D)Caesars

Question 20

This statue group of four rulers represents an imperial _______.

A)Triumvirate
B)Diocese
C)Dominate
D)Tetrarchy