Roman Civilization Midterm

Early in the Republic (5th century BC) the plebeians formed a "state
within a state", i.e., the Plebs. They elected in their own assembly their own
magistrates, named:

tribunes of the Plebs

consider the following Roman name, P. Cornelius L.f.
P.n. Scipio.

This individual's praenomen is

Publius

consider the following Roman name, P. Cornelius L.f.

"Cornelius" is this individual's

nomen or nomen gentilicium

consider the following Roman name, P. Cornelius L.f.

If this individual had two daughters, the younger one formally would be
called

Cornelia minor

consider the following Roman name, P. Cornelius L.f.

What is the name of the father of this individual?

Lucius Cornelius Scipio

Which of the following best describes the term “Mos Maiorum”?

it was an unwritten collection of accepted customs and precedents

"Men of the lower class have only one way of either earning or repaying
favors from our class, and that is by working on our political campaigns and
following us around. . ." (Cicero, 63 BC = Shelton 8). Cicero here is
describing the peculiar relationship of the Roman

client and patron

The Latin term for this power is

patria potestas

Romulus is best described as

Rome's first king and legendary lawgiver

A Roman father might or might not relinquish control over his daughter
when she married. A situation in which a father DID NOT relinquish control
over his daughter on her wedding day is known, from the new husband's
perspective, as

marriage without manus

The "consilium" ("advisory body") was a quintessentially Roman
institution. Which ONE of the following answers is NOT true of the
consilium?

it was reserved for important private matters, but never public ones

According to traditional practice, when a Roman male was adopted by
another male Roman citizen, he normally took his adoptive father's full
name and then, to form a new cognomen, modified his old nomen in a
particular way. Which ONE of the following names is an adoptive name?

Gaius Iulius Caesar Octavianus

What second century BC Greek author wrote this passage?

Polybius

The technical Latin term for the "masks" mentioned here is

imagines

What segment of Roman society conducted funerals in this fashion?

nobles

Who is wearing the "masks" mentioned here?

actors

What happened to the "masks" mentioned here after the funeral?

they were returned to and displayed in the family home, in its atrium

Where do you think this tomb is located?

outside the city wall of Rome, alongside a road

What is the name of the deceased woman's mother?

can’t tell from context

The woman in question is praised for having "spun wool". Which ONE of the following was NOT a valued attribute of a married elite woman?

skilled acting in public

Who passed this "Julian law"?

Augustus

Which of the following is NOT true of the Julian law on adultery?

the law was immediately overturned on the grounds of being unconstitutional

Another Julian law passed about the same time is called "On the Orders that had to be Married". Which one of the following IS true of this law?

It required marriage and children of upper class individuals, and imposed limitations on their ability to inherit from outside the immediate family if they refused to comply

"Rome at the beginning was ruled by kings." (Tacitus, Annals 1.1). What form of government followed the regal period, when the last king was ejected ca. 510 BC?

the Republic

Which of the following was NOT an emperor of Rome?

Julius Caesar

Strabo's description of the city of Rome is particularly interesting because he was

a Greek from Asia Minor from the time of Augustus

Elsewhere in this passage Strabo has much praise to bestow on a monumental and leisure

Campus Martius

Which of the following is NOT true of the urban housing situation in Rome in Strabo's general time?

since there was no rental market, homelessness was common

The site of the old city wall of Rome, deemed a sacred boundary which divided Rome's civil and military spheres, was called the

pomerium

The name of Rome's main sewer, much praised by Strabo, was called the

Cloaca Maxima

The semi-legendary founder of Greek medicine is named

Hippocrates

Which ONE of the following is NOT true of the practice of medicine in the Roman world?

the magistrates known as the censors supervised a strict system of medical licensing, available only to university graduates

In Rome, what activity is MOST likely to be taking place in the area known as the triclinium?

dining

The right of intermarriage between Roman citizens is properly called (A) contubernium

conubium

In the Republic, the government was headed by two magistrates of equal power whose names henceforth designated the year. Those magistrates were called the

Consuls

Which of the following is TRUE about Roman adoption?

it caused a person who was under the paternal power of the head of his family to come under the paternal power of another

Which of the following was NOT a principal function of the tutor in ancient Rome?

personally to provide elementary education to his ward

"Infamia" is best understood as

dimunition of a person in the eyes of the law

A Roman male independent of his own father, or a Roman woman independent of her own father or husband, is best described as

sui iuris

Which ONE of the following is NOT true of the Roman Senate?

Augustus dissolved it when he took over supreme power in Rome

Which ONE of the following can be most accurately called the "non- political wing of the Roman ruling class"?

the equestrians

Which ONE of the following is the best description of a work, written in Greek, from the late Classical period that has come down to us under the name Philogelos that devotes an inordinate amount of space to “intellectuals”?

it is a collection of jokes

Which ONE of the following is MOST true about occupations such as the holding of magistracies, priesthoods, the practice of legal counseling, jury duty, and Senate membership in ancient Rome?

they were unpaid public service positions

Which ONE of the following occupations, in Cicero’s view (and that of Roman elites in general), WOULD be socially acceptable?

raising livestock or engaging in agriculture

Which slave and gladiator sparked a revolt that challenged the military might of Republican Rome in the years 73-71 BC?

Spartacus

Which ONE of the following was not usually an attribute of an elite Roman child's early years?

compulsory enrollment in Rome's system of free public schools

Which of the terms below best describes the position of Trimalchio at the time of his dinner party?

former slave

In which of the following ways could a man or woman NOT become a slave?

be convicted for work as a prostitute

Once Trimalchio has “manumitted” his slaves, they will be

free

A Roman (male) citizen who had begun life as a slave, only to be freed, was called a

libertus

P. Licinius C.f. M.n. Crassus

What is this individual's nomen?

Licinius

P. Licinius C.f. M.n. Crassus

What element of his name is "Crassus"?

Cognomen

P. Licinius C.f. M.n. Crassus

What is the name of this individual's father?

Gaius

P. Licinius C.f. M.n. Crassus

Suppose this individual is married. What is the name of his wife?

unknown

P. Licinius C.f. M.n. Crassus

Suppose a P. Licinius P.l. Crassus made a dedication to our individual. We might best suppose P. Licinius P.l. Crassus to be his

ex-slave

The emperor Augustus was the first to make which of the following a public crime, tried in a criminal court?

adultery

Which Roman magistracy was responsible for registering Roman citizens, performing the ritual purification of the state, and letting out contracts?

censors

When the Romans expelled their kings (traditionally in 509 BC), they replaced the monarchy with a Republic headed by

two consuls

The standard Latin word for "advisory council" is

consilium

The Senate was NOT which of the following?

annually elected

"who would not be moved by the sight of the images of men renowned for their excellence, all together in one place, portrayed as if still alive and breathing?....And, in addition, when the speaker who delivers the funeral oration for the man to be buried has finished this speech, he then mentions the achievements and accomplishments of each of those other men whose masks are present, beginning with the most ancient."

What second century BC Greek writer is the author of this passage?

Polybius

The Latin term for the "masks" mentioned here is

imagines

Who is wearing the "masks" mentioned here?

actors

What is the Latin term for the funeral oration mentioned here?

elogium

The ceremony described here was allowed to be conducted...

only by nobles

The status of the deceased at time of death is that of a

liberta

What was most likely her name at birth?

Philematium

At age seven, the relationship into which she enters can BEST be described as...

contubernium

What women wore a toga in ancient Rome?

prostitute

Who is the author of this passage?

Sulpicia

The nomen of the father of the Sulpicia mentioned here is

Sulpicius

The "principate" is a term attached to which period of Roman history?

the Empire [‘princeps’ is another name for ‘emperor’]

The name of Rome's main sewer was called

cloaca maxima

Elsewhere in this same passage Strabo discusses some attributes of urban Rome, which did NOT include which of the following:

houses strictly limited to one story (20 feet)

The site of the old city wall of Rome, deemed a sacred boundary which divided Rome's civil and military spheres, was called the

pomerium

The release of a slave from the power of his or her master is known as

manumissio

Rome most often looked to what part of the world for its medical practitioners?

Greece and the Greek East

In the eyes of Roman law and general society, gladiators had the LEAST in common with which of the following professions?

augurs

In the Roman Empire, in which type of structure were you most likely to see gladiatorial combat?

amphitheater

In Rome, a man whose ancestors had never held the office for which he was running was called a

novus homo

In Rome, the difference between the groups known as the Populus (="People") and the Plebs is that the latter does not include

patricians

Nobiles ("well known"): in the Republic, a technical term reserved for

those who could point to one or more ancestors in male line who had held highest office

The salutatio ("salute") was a ritual that acknowledged publicly and regularly

patrons' superiority and control over clients

Augustus, who was emperor from 27 B.C. to A.D. 14, was concerned
about the declining birth rate, and passed a law "On the orders that had to be married". This aimed to promote marriage and children among:

senators and equestrians

The semi-legendary founder of Greek scientific medicine is

Hippocrates

For the Roman theatre, our earliest extant writer of comedies is

Plautus

Slaves could have an informal relationship of living together known as

contubernium

Which of the following was NOT a principal function of the tutor in ancient Rome? A. to protect the person of his ward B. to safeguard the moral behavior of his ward

personally to provide elementary education to his ward

In "marriage with manus" a woman who married passed under the manus of her husband, thus being legally

n the position of his daughter

Rome's wars against Carthage (264-241, 218-201, 149-146 BC) are known as the

Punic Wars

The name for the formidable official attendants with their bundles of rods known as the fasces who preceded magistrates:

lictors

The Plebs was deemed bound to kill any one who harmed the tribunes, because the persons of tribunes were

sacrosanct

The family of Julius Caesar claimed descent from the goddess Venus through Anchises and then which TWO of the following?

Ascanius

Aeneas

A guardian for younger children who would accompany children to school, even sit in on lessons, is known as a

paedagogus

A valid Roman marriage required puberty, consent and the following legal condition:

conubium

The symbol IIS or HS (= "two asses and a semis") denotes the following Roman coin denomination:

sestertius

The non-political wing of the Roman ruling class, the "knights", are known in Latin as:

equites

For Rome, one best understands "annalistic history" to mean an account that

proceeds year by year

"Mos maiorum" is best understood as

accepted custom or precedent at Rome

A Roman male independent of his own father, or a Roman woman independent of her own father or husband, is best described as

sui iuris