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Augustus's social legislation


A) meant a social revolution at every level of Roman society.
B) made adultery a criminal offense and outlawed wasteful expenditures for feasts.
C) penalized couples for having too many children.
D) encouraged the development of the nuclear family.
E) all of the above

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Talk about: -Colosseum and the baths of Caracalla

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Imperial Rome's gladiatorial shows


A) became increasingly associated with religious practices.
B) were government-backed spectacles used to content the masses.
C) were limited to fights between slaves and criminals trained at gladiatorial schools.
D) paled in popularity to the Circus Maximus.
E) were outlawed by Augustus as violating his policy of moral reform.

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Talk about: -Zealots

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Talk about: -Septimius Severus

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The mystery cult of Mithraism in the Early Empire


A) was widely practiced by women.
B) was completely opposed to the practices of Christianity.
C) centered around the worship of the gods Roma and Augustus.
D) was an illegal monotheistic religion
E) was a religion especially favored by soldiers.

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The emperor who said, "Live in harmony, make the soldiers rich, and don't give a damn for anything else" was


A) Augustus.
B) Nero.
C) Trajan.
D) Maximilian.
E) Septimius Severus.

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The "golden age" historian Livy is well known for his


A) rejection of Latin prose in favor of Greek poetic forms.
B) perceiving history in terms of sharp moral lessons.
C) factual accuracy and critical judgment toward his sources and Rome's past.
D) Epistles , which portrayed Rome as a degenerate society in a state of collapse.
E) history of the Trojan Wars, which was the subject of the Aeneid.

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During the Early Empire (14-180 C.E.) , the Roman army


A) was increased to 400,000 men.
B) was dominated by only Italian legionaries.
C) was successful in invading Gaul.
D) became corrupt due to nepotism.
E) became mostly made up of German soldiers, although Romans remained the officers.

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One historian has said that the Romans became Christians and the Christians became Romans. Is that an accurate assessment of the relationship between Rome and early Christianity? Why or why not?

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The poet Juvenal commented that the only thing that most Romans wanted was bread and circuses.

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Talk about: -Perpetua

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Perpetua was a Christian martyr who live...

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Hadrian built a defensive wall in which Roman territory?


A) Dacia.
B) Arabia.
C) Mesopotamia.
D) Britain.
E) Gaul.

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How much credit, if any, does Augustus deserve for what is referred to as the Pax Romana , the "Roman peace"?

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Augustus deserves a significant amount o...

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Talk about: -Essenes and the Dead Sea Scrolls

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The Essenes were a Jewish sect that exis...

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Talk about: -Caracalla and citizenship

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Talk about: -Ovid

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The late third century emperor who reconquered and reestablished order in the east and along the Danube and who was known as the "restorer of the world" was


A) Septimius Severus.
B) Marcus Aurelius.
C) Decius.
D) Aurelian.
E) Diocletian.

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Talk about: -the "good emperors"

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Talk about: -Decius and Diocletian

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