Question 1

What were Augustus' three main initiatives in the provinces?&#10;A)Putting down rampant slave revolts&#10;B)A coherent policy with respect to expansion and defense&#10;C)Integrating millions of provincials into the Roman world&#10;D)An effective system of provincial administration

Accepted Answer

B,C,D

Question 2

In the Battle of _______ in 9 BCE, three Roman legions under the command of Quinctilius Varus were destroyed in an ambush.&#10;A)the Teutoburg Forest&#10;B)Masada&#10;C)the Nile&#10;D)Batavia

Accepted Answer

The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 CE (not BCE) was where three Roman legions led by Quinctilius Varus were ambushed and destroyed by Germanic tribes.

Question 3

What are three policies that Augustus introduced in order to foster unity in the diverse Roman world?&#10;A)The establishment of the Cult of Rome and Augustus&#10;B)The dismantling of provincial councils&#10;C)The construction of a Roman road system&#10;D)A standardized coinage system

Accepted Answer

A,C,D

Question 4

Augustus created the intermediate status of _______ to slow down the entry of slaves into the citizen ranks.&#10;A)sestertius/sestertia&#10;B)serf&#10;C)freedman/freedwoman&#10;D)vassal

Accepted Answer

Augustus created the status of "freedman/freedwoman" to regulate the transition of slaves into Roman society, allowing them certain rights but not full citizenship.

Question 5

It became customary in Rome for emperors, upon their succession, to bestow a _______ on the troops to solidify the army's loyalty.&#10;A)long furlough&#10;B)title&#10;C)donative&#10;D)golden mule

Accepted Answer

A donative was a gift of money given by Roman emperors to soldiers to secure their loyalty.

Question 6

Which of the following was not a component of the moral legislation passed at Rome under Augustus?&#10;A)Marriage between persons of different social classes was restricted&#10;B)The taxing of prostitutes&#10;C)Women with three or more children received legal privileges&#10;D)Tax breaks for soldiers who married while on active duty

Accepted Answer

The moral legislation under Augustus included restrictions on marriage between social classes, taxing of prostitutes, and privileges for women with multiple children, but did not include tax breaks for soldiers who married while on active duty.

Question 7

Which of the following effectively became the poet laureate of Augustan Rome and in 17 BCE composed the hymn in honor of the Sacred Games?&#10;A)Horace&#10;B)Maecenas&#10;C)Livy&#10;D)Vergil

Accepted Answer

Horace was the poet who effectively became the poet laureate of Augustan Rome and composed the "Carmen Saeculare" (Secular Hymn) in 17 BCE for the Ludi Saeculares (Secular Games).

Question 8

Vergil's poem _______ became the national epic of Rome.&#10;A)Romulus&#10;B)Aeneid&#10;C)The Metamorphoses&#10;D)The Carmen Saeculare

Accepted Answer

Vergil's poem "Aeneid" became the national epic of Rome.

Question 9

Before he was executed for plotting to seize the throne, the Praetorian Prefect _______ convinced the emperor Tiberius to retire to the island of Capri.&#10;A)Drusus&#10;B)Macro&#10;C)Sejanus&#10;D)Germanicus

Accepted Answer

Sejanus was the Praetorian Prefect who gained significant power under Emperor Tiberius and convinced him to retire to Capri. He was later executed for plotting against Tiberius.

Question 10

Which of the following were not among the puzzling policy decisions of the emperor Caligula?&#10;A)Decreeing divine honors for himself as the god Jupiter&#10;B)The execution of Ptolemy of Mauretania for wearing a purple cloak&#10;C)Ordering a statue of himself to be erected in the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem&#10;D)Wearing a lionskin and fighting staged battles in the arena

Accepted Answer

Wearing a lionskin and fighting staged battles in the arena was not a policy decision but rather an eccentric behavior of Caligula. The other options were indeed controversial policy decisions or actions attributed to him.

Question 11

Roman heavy-handedness in Britain fomented a revolt led by what charismatic queen?&#10;A)Artemisia&#10;B)Hypatia&#10;C)Boudicca&#10;D)Poppaea

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Question 12

Who was the emperor when the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE buried the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum?&#10;A)Titus&#10;B)Domitian&#10;C)Vespasian&#10;D)Nero

Accepted Answer

The answer of Who was the emperor when the eruption...

Question 13

Which Roman emperor spent much of his reign on the road, visiting nearly every province?&#10;A)Antoninus Pius&#10;B)Commodus&#10;C)Nerva&#10;D)Hadrian

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Question 14

Which of the following statements are true of gladiators?&#10;A)They might be defeated soldiers&#10;B)ludos (&#34;to the games&#34;)&#10;C)They might free persons out to make money&#10;D)They were all slaves

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The answer of Which of the following statements are true...

Question 15

Which of the following was not one of the standard kinds of gladiator?&#10;A)The retiarius&#10;B)The taurus&#10;C)The murmillo&#10;D)The Thracian

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The answer of Which of the following was not one...

Question 16

Which Roman novel includes the famous episode of &#34;Trimalchio's Dinner&#34;?&#10;A)The Pharsalia&#10;B)The Apocolocyntosis&#10;C)The Satyricon&#10;D)Daphnis and Chloe

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Question 17

Which of the following were among the reasons that the cult of Mithras was so popular in the Roman army?&#10;A)It required only a quick, one-time initiation&#10;B)It admitted only men&#10;C)Bull-slaying was a brave, manly activity&#10;D)It offered the reward of an afterlife based on the continued exercise of virtue

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Question 18

Christians who were executed sometimes became _______, or &#34;witnesses&#34; to the faith.&#10;A)apologists&#10;B)vicars&#10;C)martyrs&#10;D)seraphim

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Question 19

Here we see the frontiers of the Roman empire at the death of Augustus in 14 CE. Into which two of the following territories on this map did Roman power eventually expand under Trajan a century later?&#10; &#10;A)Sarmatia&#10;B)Arabia&#10;C)Dacia&#10;D)Caledonia

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Question 20

This statue is a representation of which emperor, who portrayed himself as the Greek hero Hercules and fought as a gladiator in the arena?&#10; &#10;A)Trajan&#10;B)Commodus&#10;C)Caligula&#10;D)Claudius

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Deck 12: The Roman Peace 27 Bce-192 CE