The Decline Of The Roman Republic | Complete Test Bank Ch.6 - Roman Civ History | Test Bank Mathisen by Ralph W. Mathisen. DOCX document preview.
Chapter 6
15 instructor questions: 5 multiple choice, 10 T/F
1. Marius’ restructured the Roman army by abandoning maniples in favor of the six-hundred man ______.
- cohort (p. 167)
- legion
- socius
- phalanx
2. After a swift victory at the Battle of Zela, ______ sent the famous message “veni, vidi, vici” to the Senate.
- Pompey
- Caesar (p. 178)
- Cassius
- Brutus
3. Which of the following was not accomplished by Pompey in the eastern Mediterranean?
- He deposed the last Seleucid king
- He made Syria into a new Roman province
- He besieged and eventually stormed the temple mount in Jerusalem
- He destroyed much of the city of Alexandria (p. 173)
4. Famously saying, “The die is cast,” Julius Caesar crossed the ______ River in 49 BCE, thus entering into rebellion against Rome.
- Arno
- Rubicon (p. 177)
- Po
- Tiber
5. War captives labored, typically under harsh conditions, on senatorial estates called ______.
- agri senatorum
- agri privati
- latifundia (p. 172)
- terrae privatae
- The most famous prose writers in the late Republican period also had active political careers. (T, p. 180)
- Marcus Licinius Crassus was the richest man in Rome. (T, p. 172)
- The Social War was largely ended by legislation that granted Roman citizenship to allied Italian cities. (T, p. 169)
- Julius Caesar defeated Vercingetorix and the Gauls once and for all at the Battle of the Colline Gate. (F, p. 176)
- Marius lost credibility as a popular leader when he obeyed the Senate, resulting in the deaths of two Tribunes who were his political allies. (T, p. 169)
- Mithridates VI’s attempt to kill himself with arsenic was foiled when his loyal servant refused to administer it. (F, p. 173)
- The land law of Tiberius Gracchus went into effect, even though he was killed. (T, p. 165)
- The Julian calendar made a year consist of 365 days, but failed to institute a leap year every fourth year. (F, p. 179)
- Sulla’s most important legacy was his resigning of the title Dictator for Restoring the Republic within the customary six months, thus preserving the Roman constitution. (F, p. 171)
- Julius Caesar’s family was supposedly descended from the goddess Venus. (T, p. 174)
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