Roman Civilization

CMS 206 /History 206

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Answer 5 of the 10 questions listed below:

1. Where did the Senate usually meet? Describe the site.
2. Who was Philip the V of Macedon?
3. Who was Cornelia?
4. Define "Kalends," "Nones," and "Ides."
5. What was the difference between the "dies fasti" and a "dies festi"?
6. What was a corvus?
7. Some important activities in Rome happened on the Capitoline hill. Describe two.
8. Who was Ovid?
9. Who was Marcus Licinius Crassus?
10. Where was the Temple of Concord? Describe the site and its history.
11. What is in the Temple of Vesta?

Answer 1 of the 5 questions listed below:

1. Some scholars believe that Rome's imperial expansion was the result of a conscious, well-thought out plan. Romans would have told that they only fought pia bella (wars they took up after having been attacked). Whom do you think has the better argument and why. Do you think the Romans sought or stumbled into their empire?
2. Consider the Gracchan programs. How did they differ? Would they have solved the social problems facing Rome? Why did the Gracchi fail? What were the consequences of their activities?
3. Describe the ways in which Roman civic and military identity were linked but separated.
4. How did the lex Claudia reflect and affect Romanitas?
5. How did Romanitas conceive the role of women in Roman culture. Give specific examples.