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Review Sheet for Midterm Examination?HIEU 102
Instructions:
This is a take home exam. The exam will be opened on Canvas at midnight on February
3. Your answers must be submitted by 11:59 PM on February 3 via Canvas. You are free
to look back at the texts, your notes, and the lectures. However, the same rules as always
surrounding plagiarism still apply. All your answers need to be in your own words
(except where you are quoting the text). You cannot copy each other or outside sources,
and it will be an academic integrity violation if you do so.
Short Answer: The short answer questions will be based upon quotations or images we
have discussed in lectures. All of the slides that have been displayed in class are available
on Canvas. Review these and be prepared to explain the significance of the quotations we
have discussed. Questions about 7 such quotations will appear on the examination and
you will have to choose 5 to answer. Each question is worth 10%. You should be able to
answer each question in approximately 2-3 sentences and not more than 125 words per
question.
Essay: You will be allowed to prepare for the following essay question in advance. In
this essay, it is expected that you will be able to refer to relevant ancient authors (e.g.
Polybius says the following about the Roman constitution). You may also wish to refer
to some of the slides that have been shown in class. The essay should be no more than 3
double-spaced pages in 12 point font.
One of the defining characteristics of the Roman state is its willingness to incorporate
non-Romans into its citizen body while maintaining a political structure that gave all
Romans a voice in who leads the state. Rome was never a state that gave all citizens an
equal voice in choosing leaders or making decisions, but it always tried to ensure that
these citizens participated politically to some degree. For this essay, answer the following
question:
How did the nature of political decision making and the manner of political
participation change for Romans during the period between Servius Tullius?s sixth
century seizure of power and the conclusion of the end of the Conflict of the Orders in
287 BC?
In your answer you should consider how 1) the coup of Servius Tullius 2) the
creation of the Republic and 3) the Conflict of the Orders changed who chose the leaders
of the Roman state and altered the balance of power between patricians and plebeians.
NB? Although this essay asks for your opinion, your answer must be supported by
ancient evidence. Because it has been prepared in advance, your answer should contain
specific details (names of significant figures, dates of events, etc) and references to
ancient source materials.
Professor E. Watts
HIEU 102
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Instructions:
This is a take home exam. The exam will be opened on Canvas at midnight on February 3. Your
answers must be submitted by 11:59 PM on February 3 via Canvas. You are free to look back at
the texts, your notes, and the lectures. However, the same rules as always surrounding plagiarism
still apply. All your answers need to be in your own words (except where you are quoting the
text). You cannot copy each other or outside sources, and it will be an academic integrity
violation if you do so.
SECTION I (50 POINTS)
Short Answer:
Choose 5 of the following 7 quotations or images from sources discussed in class and respond to
the questions asked about them. Each question is worth 10%. You should be able to answer each
question in approximately 2-3 sentences and not more than 125 words per question.
1) Large numbers of plebeians ?were grumbling that, although they fought abroad for
freedom and dominion, at home they had been oppressed and enslaved by their fellow
citizens.? (Livy, 2.23).
Who were plebeians? When does the incident is Livy talking about occur? How is it that a
monarchy being replaced by a Republic can create both freedom and political inequality?
2) ?(Archagathus) was a remarkable healer of wounds and at the beginning his arrival was
extraordinarily welcome, but, soon afterwards, from his cruelty in cutting and
cauterizing, he acquired the name Carnifex (executioner) and brought his art into
disrepute.?
This passage comes from Pliny?s Natural History. What does it describe? Why is this account
significant for the historian examining Roman attitudes towards Greek culture?
3) ?The first region, formerly included the following celebrated towns of Latium besides
those mentioned: Satricum, Pometia, ? Saturnia (on the site of the present Rome,
Antipolis (which today is the Janiculum and a part of Rome), ?and together with these,
the Alban peoples?(list of Alban cities)?Thus 53 peoples of Old Latium have perished
without leaving a trace.?
This passage comes from Pliny?s Natural History. What does it describe? How does this help
one argue that Rome followed an agglomerative model of development?
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4)
These objects were found in a grave. What type of burial culture does this set of objects belong
to? Why are these objects of use to Roman historians?
5)
This image comes from an Etruscan tomb. The deeds of what heroic figure are represented?
How might this image be useful for a historian studying early Rome?
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6) ?A blast of trumpet produced silence, and the herald made the following announcement:
?The Roman Senate and Titus Quinctius their general, having conquered King Philip and
the Macedonians, decree that the Corinthians, the Phocians, all the Locrians, the island of
Euboea, the Magnesians, the Thessalians, the Perrhaebians, and the Achaeans shall be
free, exempt from tribute, and subject to their own laws.? This list comprised all the states
which had been subject to King Philip.?
This passage comes from Livy?s Histories. Where and when did this event occur? What does the
passage show about the Roman Republic?s strategy for dealing with the Greek world in the early
second century?
7)
This is a Roman coin. What building does it depict? Why is the construction of this building
important for the historian of early Rome?
SECTION II: ESSAY (50 POINTS)
The essay should be no more than 3 double-spaced pages in 12 point font. For this essay, answer
the following question:
How did the nature of political decision making and the manner of political participation
change for Romans during the period between Servius Tullius?s sixth century seizure of power
and the conclusion of the end of the Conflict of the Orders in 287 BC?
In your answer you should consider how 1) the coup of Servius Tullius 2) the creation of
the Republic and 3) the Conflict of the Orders changed who chose the leaders of the Roman state
and how they altered the balance of power between patricians and plebeians.
NB? Although this essay asks for your opinion, your answer must be supported by ancient
evidence. Because it has been prepared in advance, your answer should contain specific details
(names of significant figures, dates of events, etc.) and references to ancient source materials.
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