Roman Civilization

CMS 206 /History 206

Ground Rules:

You may study for the test in groups (in fact, I encourage you to do so).

The test will be posted on the class web page [you can get the link on the class web page] Saturday morning [April 8, 2000].

The test is closed book. You cannot use the web, class notes, textbooks, conversations with friends [or any source but your own memory].

You may take as long as you like to complete the test. It is designed to require one hour of thinking and writing time.

DO NOT EMAIL your exam to me. Print out your answers and put it in my box [208 Pettengill] by 5:00 pm on Friday of Exam Week [April 14, 2000].

Good luck and have a great break.

Identifies:

Imber's advice: Your answers should be relatively brief, but they should supply salient details. For persons: date, place of birth, public role/job (if any), writings and/or accomplishments and reason why this person is of interest to a student of Roman culture. For offices, magistracies or jobs: what was the jurisdiction of this job, what did the person who held it do, who was the typical holder of the job, why this job is of interest to a student of Roman culture. For events: when they happened, who were the participants, what was the issue and what was the resolution; why this event is of interest to a student of Roman culture.. For descriptive terms: rough translation, the idea or thing it describes; why this term is of interest to a student of Roman culture.

1. ad bestias	2. Aesculapius	3. St. Agatha
4. alae	5. Mark Antony	6. Arria
7. atrium	8. auctoritas	9. augury
10. The Affair of the Bacchanalia	11. Bestiarii	12. Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus
13. Carbo	14. Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus	15. Julius Caesar
16. Catiline	17. Marcus Tullius Cicero	18. Cinna
19. Cleopatra	20. cognomen	21. compluvium
22. concilium	23. Constantine	24. Cult of the Emperor
25. cum manu marriage	26. delatores	27. dignitas
28. Diocletian	29. dominium	30. Marcus Drusus
31. duoviri sacris faciundis	32. Edict of Milan	33. editores
34. epulum Iovis	35. familia	36. familia urbana
37. familia rustica	38. fauces	39. fetiales
40. fides	41. Fimbria	42. first triumvirate
43. flamines	44. Draw a floor plan of a typical Roman House which a member of the Roman elite during the late Republic might own	45. genius
46. Hercules Invectus	47. haruspices	48. imagines
49. impluvium	50. incubation	51. infamis
52. ius necandi	53. Jugurtha	54. Julian the Apostate
55. lanistae	56. lex Julia de aduleteriis andlex Pappia Poppaea	57. lex Ogulnia
58. The Liberators	59. Livia	60. Livy
61. Lucretia	62. Lucullus	63. Ludi Apollinares
64. ludi circenses	65. Ludi Romani	66. ludi scaenici
67. Ludus Troiae	68. maiestas	69. Gaius Marius
70. How did a Roman get married?	71. Q. Caecilius Metellus	72. Mithridates
73. Monstra	74. munera	75. Murdia
76. murmillo	77. Mystery Cults	78. Nero Claudius Caesar
79. If a Roman man adopted the son of another Roman man, how might the change be reflected in the adopted son's name. Give an example	80. How did a freedman aquire a name? What would his/her name look like?	81. Consider the name Marcus Tullius Cicero. What is the praenomen, nomen and cognomen. What does each signify. What was Cicero's daughter's name? If he had a second daughter, what would her name be? What was Cicero's wife called?
82. nomen or nomen gentilicium	83. numen	84. Octavian
85. oeci	86. patriapotestas	87. peculium
88. Junius Brutus Pera	89. St. Perpetua	90. Pharsulus
91. Pliny the Elder	92. Pliny the Younger	93. pontifex maximus
94. Pompey	95. Potitii and Pinarii	96. praenomen
97. princeps	98. retiarii	99. rex sacrorum
100. Saturninus	101. St. Sebastian	102. second triumvirate
103. Sejanus	104. secutores	105. sine manu marriage
106. Social Wars	107. Sodales	108. sui iuris
109. Lucius Cornelius Sulla	110. Sybiline Oracles or Books	111. tabernae
112. tablinum	113. templum	114. Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus
115. Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus	116. Theodosius	117. Tiro
118. Triumviri Epulones	119. Turia	120. tutor
121. Ulpian	122. Venationes	123. Titus Flavius Vespasianus
124. vernae	125. vestibulum	126. vilici
127. votive games	128. "We who are about to die salute you."	129.

Essay Questions:

Imber's advice: Supply background factual information (e.g., for question 1, below, be sure to explain what munera and ludi were); make reference to specific assigned readings and class discussions (e.g., for question 2, be sure to talk specifically about readings you did on Roman women - I know you won't be able to remember all the details, but I expect your essays to show that you've read and thought about the assignments).

1. Compare munera to ludi. What are the similarities and differences in these events? What cultural purposes and needs did each serve?
   
   
2. Consider the depictions of Arria, Murdia and Turia. How are they similar. What do these similarities tell us about Roman women? Consider Juvenal's Sixth Satire on women. What features characterize women according to Juvenal? What do these different representations of Roman women tell us about the way Roman's thought about women. Are these representations historically accurate? If not, what does the difference between the representation and the actual facts suggest?
   
   
3. Describe the various ways that the Romans believed their gods communicated with them. What do these practices tell us about the role Romans understood religion to play in their society?
   
   
4. Describe and discuss two mystery religions that flourished in Rome. How are they alike and different? What does the comparison tell us about the role of mystery cults in Roman public life?
   
   
5. Describe and discuss three ludi that Romans celebrated. How are they alike and different? What does the comparison tell us about the role of ludi in Roman public life?
   
   
6. Describe the layout of a Roman House (drawing a floor plan will do the job). What does this information tell us about what Romans understood the role of a member of the elite to be in their society? What does this information tell us about the relationship between rich and poor in Roman society.
   
   
7. Did Roman law treat a Roman citizen's sons any different than it did his slaves? Why or why not?  
   
   
8. Did the Romans have a theology? Why or why not? How did the presence or absence of a theology effect a Roman's experience of his/her religion and the role of religion in Roman life.
   
   
9. How might a Roman become a priest? What does this tell us about the role Romans understood religion to play in their society?
   
   
10. How was Octavian able to become Augustus? What other regimes in Roman history might his be compared to? Why was his successful and others not?
    
    
11. What factors complicate the job of a historian who wishes to write about Roman women? Do comparable difficulties occur in the study of other aspects of Romanitas?  
    
    
12. What role does slavery play in our understanding of Romanitas? What difficulties confront the historian who chooses Roman slavery as her topic?
    
    
13. What was the legal status of Roman women? How might studying laws relating to women help us understand Romanitas?
    
    
14. When and why did the Roman Republic fall?
    
    
15. Why did Romans deify their emperors? What does the practice tell us about changes in Romanitas under the empire.
    
    
16. Why did the Romans like gladiatorial games?
    
    
17. Why did Romans persecute Christians? Why did the persecutions fail?
    
    
18. Why might a Roman participate in a mystery cult? How would his/her participation affect his understanding of and relation to traditional Roman religious practices?
    
    
19. Why was Vespasian considered a "good" emperor and Caligula considered a "bad" emperor. What do the categories of "good" and "bad" emperor tell us about what Romans considered the role of the emperor to be?