Ancient World: Rome Examinations
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History 216. Ancient History, Rome. First Examination. Mr. Smiley. I. ·:foat lessons of civilization did the Greeks and the Etruscans teach the peoples of central Italy? II. Tell the story of the 9econd Punic War and include its long-range effects upon the Roman republic. III. Using Cato the Censor (M. Porcius Cato) as your example, describe the changes in religion, social morality, and private life in Rome following the domination of the eastern Mediterranean world. ~T)T "'D-r'E'-· .L. History 216. Ancient History, Rome. First Examination. Mr. Smiley. i I. Trace the political developments by which plebeians won complete equality in Roman government and society, 509-287 B.C. II. Arguing the case for Rome and also the case for Carthage, with perhaps even a polite nod toward the case for inevitability, give your evaluation of the causes of the Second Punic War. III. How, and why, did conquest repiace domination in Roman foreign policy toward the Eastern Mediterranean world, 167-133 B. C.? PLEDGE. History 216. First Examination. I. Describe the geogr3phy of Italy and show how it influenced the people who lived there, and the rise of Rome. II. Describe the government of the Roman republic as of 265 b.c. III. Identify and/or define any 1) Romulus, 2) Vesta, 3) Caudine yoke, 4) Maniple, S) Assembly of the Centuries History 216. First Examination. Mr. Smiley. I. Describe the geography of Italy and show how it influenced the people who lived there, and the effect it had upon the rise of Rome. II. Describe the government of the Roman republic as of 265 b.c. III. Identify and/or define any TEN of the following: l) ~omulus, 2) Vesta, 3) Caudine yoke, 4) Maniple, S) Cannae, 6) Cynoscephalae, 7) Atrium, 8) Quinquereme, 9) Cunctator, 10) Hortensian Law, 11) Sentinum.. PLEDGE. History 216. First Examination. Mr. Smiley. I. Describe both the legendary and the archaeological versions of the founding of Rome. II. Tell the story oft he Second Punic War 218-201, and include its long-range effects upon the Roman republic and upon the subsequent six centuries of Mediterranean history. III. Identify and/or define any 1) Jupiter Latiaris, 2) Patrician, 3) Sentinum, 4) Curiate Assembly, S) Censor, 6) Tribunus Plebis, 7) Cursus honorum, 8) Lupercalia, 9) P. Cornelius Scipio, 10) Duilius, 11) Antiochus III. PLEDGE. History 216. First Examination. Mr. Smiley. I. Beginning with the establishment of the Latin League (493-486) explain how Rome came to dominate the Italian peninsula south of the Po river valley. What imaginative policy decisions toward the defeated neighbors made the task easier? II. Beginning with "the "strike" of plebeians to the Sacred Mount, describe the political developments by which those excluded from Roman government won to positions of equality and authority in the Republic. .