Guideline for the 1St QUIZ

2-2-2010 CLAS 33 History of Rome Guideline for the 1st QUIZ

The goal of the quiz is to test if you have followed and understood the main points of the lectures and of the assigned readings.

The quiz will consist of 3 short IDs about people, topics or dates: simple questions calling for SHORT and to-the-point responses.

Examples: 1. people Servius Tullius GOOD ID: 6th king of Rome, ruled in the middle of the 6th cent. (I do not care for the exact dates). Important for his reforms of the Roman tribes and of the army, which mixed the different people of Rome into one, and for building the temple of Diana, which placed Rome in the cultural context of many neighbor people. Livy also says that … report a couple things from Livy to show me that you have read it.

BAD ID. King of Rome, he was very important and powerful, he was a king, he ruled for about 35 years; in Rome…

2. Topics patriapotestas GOOD ID: the supreme power recognized by law to the paterfamilias over all his property, including wife, children, slaves, cattle and tools. He was allowed to sell into slavery and even to kill his children; such power, which exemplifies the Roman mentality of duty and group identity, shaped Rome’s social structure (e.g. patres = senators; patricii = sons of the patres; patron = protector) and political institutions (e.g. the supreme power of the consuls and of the senators, the patres conscripti).

BAD ID: the supreme power of fathers in Rome. imprecise and wrong, as many fathers did not have any patriapotestas. divination or the decemviral commission Answer either in the textbook or in Livy

3. Dates to remember: (Yes, you do not need to remember any other date for now). What happened in this year? Why is it relevant? 1184 753 509 494 451-50 449 445 367-66 287 Periods of Roman Republican History: 264, 133, 31 Of course, please feel free to ask any question