Question 1

Diocletian split the army up into two basic kinds, the ______ on the frontiers, and the ______ at court and in internal areas.

Accepted Answer

A)  foederati, aquilae 
B)  legions, maniples 
C)  legions, Praetorian Guard 
D)  limetanei, comitatenses D

Question 2

Which of the following was not one of the official offices of the Christian church, as formalized by the Council of Nicaea?

Accepted Answer

A)  Archbishop 
B)  Patriarch 
C)  Vicar 
D)  Bishop C

Question 3

Which of the following was not one of the problems faced by Diocletian when he assumed the throne?

Accepted Answer

A)  The resurgent influence of an independently minded Senate 
B)  An army that was hard to control 
C)  A failing economy 
D)  The lack of a consistent, effective method for choosing emperors A

Question 4

The Edict of ______ legally recognized the Christian church as a lawful institution throughout the empire.

Accepted Answer

A)  Arles 
B)  Nicaea 
C)  Toleration 
D)  Milan

Question 5

The belief that Christ the Son was different in substance from, and subordinate to, God the Father is known as ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  Gnosticism 
B)  Donatism 
C)  Valerianism 
D)  Arianism

Question 6

Which of the following cities was chosen by Constantine to be the new imperial capital in the east, and was duly renamed Constantinople?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nicomedia 
B)  Byzantium 
C)  Aleppo 
D)  Antioch

Question 7

Those who met with Diocletian were obliged to perform proskynesis, the act of ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  always looking upwards, and not at the emperor himself 
B)  prostrating oneself face down on the floor 
C)  remaining at least ten paces from the emperor 
D)  holding one's empty hands up, with palms facing the emperor

Question 8

The titles of the senior and junior emperors in the Tetrarchy, as established by Diocletian, were Augustus and Caesar, respectively.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

In order to shore up the imperial coinage, Diocletian reformed the imperial tax system so that payment would only be accepted in certain imperial coins.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Diocletian receives much of the credit for saving the empire from its third-century crises, but it was Constantine who created the policies and programs that definitively dealt with the empire's problems and charted a new way forward.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Constantine's willingness to oversee the resolution of disputes within the Christian church marked the first step toward what is known as Caesaropapism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Under Diocletian, the ______ became the most powerful imperial official after the emperor himself.

Accepted Answer

A)  Duke 
B)  Vicar 
C)  Praetorian Prefect 
D)  Proconsul

Question 13

Constantine executed both ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  his mother Helena and his wife Fausta 
B)  his son Crispus and his wife Fausta 
C)  his nephews, Delmatius and Hanniballianus 
D)  the patriarch of Constantinople and the patriarch of Rome

Question 14

Constantine handled the problem of imperial succession by reinstating the Tetrarchy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Constantine put the imperial economy on the ______ standard by introducing a new form of the ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  gold, solidus 
B)  gold, follis 
C)  silver, denarius 
D)  silver, follis

Exam 11: The Creation of the Late Roman Empire 284-337

Diocletian split the army up into two basic kinds, the on the frontiers, and the at court and in internal areas.

Which of the following was not one of the official offices of the Christian church, as formalized by the Council of Nicaea?

Which of the following was not one of the problems faced by Diocletian when he assumed the throne?

The Edict of ______ legally recognized the Christian church as a lawful institution throughout the empire.

The belief that Christ the Son was different in substance from, and subordinate to, God the Father is known as ______.

Which of the following cities was chosen by Constantine to be the new imperial capital in the east, and was duly renamed Constantinople?

Those who met with Diocletian were obliged to perform proskynesis, the act of ______.

The titles of the senior and junior emperors in the Tetrarchy, as established by Diocletian, were Augustus and Caesar, respectively.

In order to shore up the imperial coinage, Diocletian reformed the imperial tax system so that payment would only be accepted in certain imperial coins.

Diocletian receives much of the credit for saving the empire from its third-century crises, but it was Constantine who created the policies and programs that definitively dealt with the empire's problems and charted a new way forward.

Constantine's willingness to oversee the resolution of disputes within the Christian church marked the first step toward what is known as Caesaropapism.

Under Diocletian, the ______ became the most powerful imperial official after the emperor himself.

Constantine executed both ______.

Constantine handled the problem of imperial succession by reinstating the Tetrarchy.

Constantine put the imperial economy on the standard by introducing a new form of the .