CLAS / HIST 4091 / 5091 Roman Empire

Preparation for Midterm Examination:  Monday October 10, 2011

!!!(Bring Blue Book or Paper)!!!

 

This exam will consist of three parts:  identifications, multiple choice, essays.

Identifications

The identifications will be taken only from the list offered below.  There will be four questions taken from this list of eight.  You should be prepared to give four or five sentences/bullet points which include all important information: names, dates, places, major trends etc. The more information you can give, the more likely you are to get full credit. 

1. The Julio-Claudians (Lect. 7)

5. Augustus' building program (Lect. 6)

2. Augustus’ constitutional settlements of 27 and 23 BC (Lect. 3)

6. Augustus' religious settlement (Lect. 4)

3. The Flavians (Lect. 8)

7. The Roman Legion (Lect. 13)

4.  The Five Good Emperors (Lect. 9)

8. Constitutiones principis (Lect. 11)

 

Multiple Choice

These questions will be on factual information taken from either the lectures or the text-book (RVE). Use your lecture outlines to help you boil down the material in the text.  If we did not cover a subject from your readings in lecture, it will not be on the multiple choice section of the test. Here are some samples of multiple choice questions from previous exams.

NB  You are NOT responsible for lecture no. 1, but you are responsible for all subsequent lectures.

_____1. In 9 AD at the disaster of Teutoborg Forest, Augustus lost three legions under the command of:

A. Quinctius Flamininus B. Quinctilius Varus C. Quintus Tullius D. Terentius Varro

_____2. Augustus created all of the following administrative offices except:

A. Prefect of the Sewers (Praefectus Cloacarum) B. Prefect of the Grain Supply (Praefectus Annonae) C. Prefect of the City (Praefectus Urbis) D. Prefect of the Night Watch (Praefectus Vigilum)

_____3. Antony and Cleopatra were defeated at the Battle of Actium in:

A. 30 BC B. 31 BC C. 32 BC D. 33 BC

 

Essay

The essay will cover material we read for our discussions on Fridays (Discussions 1-6). The questions will be based on the reading guides that I have distributed in class. There will be four essay topics so you should study material from at least three reading guides to guarantee you get one you've prepared.

 

Extra Credit You can obtain up to 5% points of extra credit for memorizing the emperors in the first column on the “Roman Emperors Extra Credit” at http://www.colorado.edu/classics/clas4091/Text/The%20Roman%20Emperors.pdf