Deck 4: Rome

Question 1

What political events characterized the last century of the Roman Republic 133 B.C.E.to 31 B.C.E.)?

A)Power struggles between Marius, Sulla, Pompey and Caesar
B)Repeated peasant uprisings
C)Battles against northern barbarians
D)The development of the "one-man, one-vote" system of electing government officials

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What was the function of the Pont du Gard?

A)It was a pedestrian bridge.
B)It was an aqueduct.
C)It was an equestrian bridge.
D)It was a military outpost.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What are the two main periods of Roman history called?

A)The Caesarean and Augustan Periods
B)Republican and Imperial Rome
C)The Epicurean and Stoic Periods
D)Punic and Octavian Rome

Answer 3

B

Question 4

What is architecturally significant about the shape of the Pantheon's roof?

A)the oculus
B)the archway
C)the groin vault
D)the barrel vault

Question 5

What was the subject of the Jus Civile of Julius Caesar?

A)Civil Liberty
B)Roman Law
C)Romantic Love
D)Military Strategy

Question 6

What people occupied Rome from 616 to 510 B.C.E.?

A)Carthaginians
B)Persians
C)Egyptians
D)Etruscans

Question 7

Who is the most famous of all Roman poets?

A)Horace
B)Diocletian
C)Vergil
D)Cicero

Question 8

What Roman class was represented in the Senate?

A)plebeians
B)patricians
C)tribunes
D)stoics

Question 9

What Greco-Roman philosophy is associated with Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius?

A)Stoicism
B)Epicurianism
C)Animism
D)Tarquinianism

Question 10

Which writer and orator defended the Roman Republic by putting down a plot against the government?

A)Terence
B)Virgil
C)Cicero
D)Lucretius

Question 11

Where is The House of the Tragic Poet?

A)Carthage
B)Pompeii
C)Tarquinia
D)Lesbos

Question 12

Who is the Roman equivalent to the Greek god Artemis?

A)Jupiter
B)Neptune
C)Diana
D)Aphrodite

Question 13

Who was the first great Roman lyric poet?

A)Sappho
B)Catullus
C)Lesbia
D)Virgil

Question 14

Who was the first emperor of the Roman Empire?

A)Julius
B)Augustus
C)Nero
D)Mark Antony

Question 15

What event marks the end of the Roman Republic?

A)The fall of the Persian dynasty
B)The expulsion of the Etruscans from Rome.
C)The fall of Athens
D)The Battle of Actium

Question 16

What principal school of philosophy in Rome believed that the proper goal of life was pleasure?

A)Stoicism
B)Imperialism
C)Plebianism
D)Epicureanism

Question 17

Which Roman literary work is a key source of information about Greek and Roman mythology?

A)Meditations
B)The Aeneid
C)Sulpicia
D)Metamorphoses

Question 18

According to the Ara Pacis, how did Augustus want to be remembered by future generations?

A)As a war hero
B)As a champion of the poor
C)As a bringer of peace and stability
D)As a great poet

Question 19

What was the significance of the Battle of Actium 31 B.C.E.)in the history of the Roman Republic?

A)Seneca became the leader of the Roman army.
B)Cleopatra was given Roman citizenship.
C)Carthage temporarily annexed parts of the Roman Republic.
D)Octavian became supreme ruler of Rome.

Question 20

What was the name of the large open space in the center of Rome used for meetings of the Senate and the assemblies of the people?

A)Pantheon
B)Tribune
C)Forum
D)Great Hall

Question 21

_______________________ Ancient city in northern Africa

Question 22

What elements of the Temple of Portunus did the Romans borrow from the Etruscans?

A)Ionic order for frieze and columns
B)Peripheral temple form and freestanding columns
C)Elevated podium and columned porch
D)Engaged columns and multiple staircases
3 points each)

Question 23

Which monument portrays Rome's campaign in the Dacian Wars?

A)Arch of Titus
B)Trajan's Column
C)Arch of Constantine
D)Temple of Portunus

Question 24

_______________________ Mythological queen of Carthage

Question 25

_______________________ Elected representative of the plebeians

Question 26

_______________________ Roman lyric poet during the 1^st century BCE

Question 27

_______________________ Egyptian Queen defeated by Octavian

Question 28

Who is the most famous Roman satirist?

A)Cicero
B)Juvenal
C)Seneca
D)Virgil

Question 29

According to Epicurus, why should humans be able to live free from superstitious fear of the unknown and not have to fear the threat of divine retribution?

Question 30

_______________________ Epic poem about the founding of Rome

Question 31

Who followed Diocletian as ruler of the Late Roman Empire in the West from C.E.306-337?

A)Emperor Constantine
B)Emperor Pliny
C)Octavius Caesar
D)Pompey the Great

Question 32

What was significant about the Jus Civile?

Question 33

In what sense did the Roman Empire survive until C.E.1453?

Question 34

What event in C.E.476 marks the formal end of the Roman Empire in Western Europe?

A)The Battle of Actium
B)The Battle of Pharsalus
C)The death of Lucretius
D)The deposition of Romulus Augustulus

Question 35

_______________________ A region in north-central Italy where Etruscan civilization flourished.

Question 36

_______________________ Emperor who passed an edict setting stringent economic controls

Question 37

What reforms did Augustus implement?

Question 38

_______________________ Roman naturalist and writer who died because of fumes from the eruption of Vesuvius

Question 39

_______________________ Wars between the Romans and the Carthaginians.

Question 40

What characteristics of earlier styles did Roman sculptors build upon? What new elements are seen in Roman sculpture?