Classics Rome - Unit 3 Exam

Which of the following had clear origins as a privately-sponsored (rather than state-sponsored) games in ancient Rome?

ludi gladiatorii

Which of the following terms was used particularly of gladiatorial games in ancient Rome?

munera

The power of provincial armies in imperial power transitions became most clear in the events that surrounded and followed the death of which of the following emperors?

Nero

Which of the following celebrated a triumph in Rome following the Siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE?

Titus

The historian Tacitus represents, broadly speaking, a strongly _____ viewpoint on the politics of early imperial Rome.

Senatorial

Which of the following represents the correct order of the Julio-Claudian emperors?

Augustus — Tiberius — Caligula — Claudius — Nero

Who was Caligula (the emperor Gaius)?

the nephew of Claudius

the brother of Agrippina the Younger

the son of Germanicus

Our best evidence suggests that gladiatorial games originated in ___.

Campania

Who was Octavia?

the mother of Marcellus

the sister of Augustus

the wife of Mark Antony

In a borrowing from military terminology, a newly recruited gladiator was called by the Romans a __

tiro

Which of the following had most to do with the construction of the Colosseum in Rome?

Vespasian

____ were a kind of entertainment in ancient Rome that involved the killing of animals before a crowd in an enclosed space

venationes

Which of the following would have been a venue for horse racing in ancient times?

the circus maximus

Which of the following emperors was assassinated by the Praetorian Guard?

Caligula

The Romans preferred ___ as the sources for their aqueducts

springs

An ___ is a column embedded in a wall and partially projecting from the surface of the wall

engaged column

While governor of Cilicia, Ciero received letters from his friend Caelius asking to be supplied with what animal for the staging of games?

panthers

Early Christians tended to adapt the Roman architectural form of the ___ in the construction of churches

basilica

There are passages in each of the following imperial authors commenting negatively on the Games except

Suetonius

Which of the following is the most ornate order of Greek-style colonnade?

Corinthian

True or false? The temple shown here shows features uniformly typical of Etrusco-Italic traditions of temple construction.

False

The Pantheon in its original form (without the dome) was built by __

Agrippa

When we read curse tablets targeting members of the Whites, Reds, Blues, or Greens, we know we are dealing with which type of ludus?

ludi circenses

Which of the following was NOT a feature of the typical temple of Etrusco-Italic tradition?

a low podium

Which ancient philosophical school was particularly associated with atomism?

Epicureanism

Which emperor instituted the Tetrarchy in an attempt to handle better the external threats to the Roman empire in the third century?

Diocletian

The Roman word ___ designated the private property held by a person (as a wife, child, slave) under the power of another (but becoming with certain exceptions the property of the paterfamilias or master at his pleasure)

peculium

Which of the following cities rose to prominence as an imperial capital during the third century?

Milan

Septimius Severus’ wife, the influential Julia Domna, hailed from an important Arab family of the Roman province of ____

Syria

Which of the following authors is one of our main sources on ancient Epicureanism, and especially in its Roman reception?

Lucretius

Septimius Severus is well-known for his building projects in his native province of ___

Africa

Which of the following battles acquired particular significance in perceptions of the history of the Roman Empire's relationship to Christianity?

the Battle of the Milvian Bridge

In a decision with important implications for the relationship of Rome to its provinces, the emperor __________ decreed in 212 CE that all free men in the Roman Empire be granted full Roman citizenship.

Caracalla

Which of the following was the imperial dynasty that directly preceded the Crisis of the Third Century?

the Severan dynasty