HIST 2311 Quiz 5

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The Romans were the first people to use _________ on a massive scale in their buildings.
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Concrete.
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Although the Roman Republic had greatly increased the territory ruled by Rome, under the emperors even more territory was added to the empire, with _________ adding more than any other ruler.
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Augustus.
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Those who ruled Rome from 96 to 180 C.E. were called the "Five Good Emperors" because they:
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Were capable administrators who governed successfully.
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The division between Roman patricians and plebeians was:
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Between the wealthiest (2 percent) and the rest (98 percent) of the people.
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When Julius Caesar adopted Octavian as his heir:
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Octavian had to fight rivals for his right to inherit Caesar's wealth and power.
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The Augustan system of government:
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Is known as the Principate because Octavian ruled as the princeps, the first citizen.
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Since the Romans employed slaves for all forms of manual labor:
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Little technological innovation took place, and urban underemployment was common.
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One way by which the Romans were able to maintain their empire was through:
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A system of roads constructed to be able to move army units throughout the empire.
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According to the patria potestas provision of the Twelve Tables, a Roman father:
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Had absolute power over his family, up to and including the power of life and death.
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In the early Roman Republic, Rome was technically a democracy, but:
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The Roman constitution essentially ensured oligarchic rule.
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Literature during the Principate:
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Was written in Latin for the first time.
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Cicero, one of the most famous Stoics of the later republic, believed in all the tenets of Stoicism EXCEPT:
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Withdrawal from public life.
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The Roman devotion to their ancestors was demonstrated by their:
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Familial naming practices.
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The land reforms proposed by the Gracchi brothers aimed to:
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Limit the amount of land that a Roman citizen was allowed to hold.
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Sulla's dictatorship had the effect of:
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Empowering the aristocracy and weakening the power of the plebs.
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The equestrian order (Roman knights) was established by:
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Men whose wealth made it possible for them to own and equip warhorses.
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Why did the Romans regard Carthage as a threat?
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Carthage had a large navy and a vast empire that touched Roman territories.
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The myth of the rape of Lucretia appealed to Roman patriotism by emphasizing:
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The corruption within the Etruscan monarchy.
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Roman law was developed under the Principate by
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Jurists appointed to deliver opinions on case law and trials.
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Prior to the establishment of Rome as the dominant state in Italy:
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Etruscans, skilled metalworkers and artists, lived there.