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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the ruins of Pompeii, when was a statue found that had an inscription indicating that it was a gift of Lucius Mummius, son of Lucius, consul?
(a) 2002.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2008.

2. How many captives did ancient writers say were taken during the First Punic War?
(a) 125,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 150,000.
(d) 75,000.

3. During what time was a high point of Roman literature, art, and culture?
(a) 171 BCE to 44 BCE.
(b) 152 BCE to 44 BCE.
(c) 146 BCE to 44 BCE.
(d) 168 BCE to 44 BCE.

4. How large did Tiberius propose that landing holdings be in 133 BCE?
(a) Roughly 120 hectares.
(b) 200 hectares.
(c) About 115 hectares.
(d) 175 hectares.

5. How many volumes was the agricultural encyclopedia that Aemilianus saved from the flames when Carthage fell?
(a) 12.
(b) 18.
(c) 28.
(d) 24.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much wheat would the army that the Romans and their allies fielded at Cannae have required daily?

2. During the Battle of Cannae in 216 BCE, how many deaths were there in a single afternoon?

3. When was Rome determined to have been founded?

4. When did Alexander the Great lead his Macedonia army on a conquest from Greece to India.

5. Where were painting discovered in a tomb that depicted exploits of Servius Tullius?

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