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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom did Julius Caesar's family trace their lineage back to?
(a) God Apollo.
(b) Goddess Fortuna.
(c) Goddess Venus.
(d) God Mars.

2. When did Constantine convert to Christianity?
(a) 326 CE.
(b) 319 CE.
(c) 337 CE.
(d) 341 CE.

3. When was the first aqueduct to bring water into Rome constructed?
(a) 312 BCE.
(b) 411 BCE.
(c) 294 BCE.
(d) 319 BCE.

4. When did Hannibal cross the Alps and inflict terrible loses on the Romans?
(a) 279 BCE.
(b) 311 BCE.
(c) 218 BCE.
(d) 191 BCE.

5. When did Livy write his compendium of Roman history?
(a) 40s BCE.
(b) 30s BCE.
(c) 20s BCE.
(d) 50s BCE.

6. When did Gaius Sallustius Crispus write about the war against Catiline?
(a) 30s BCE.
(b) 20s BCE.
(c) 50s BCE.
(d) 40s BCE.

7. When was the Septimontium festival held yearly?
(a) October.
(b) December.
(c) September.
(d) November.

8. When was Polybius in his 30s and taken to Rome as one of 1,000 Greek detainees?
(a) 172 BCE.
(b) 155 BCE.
(c) 168 BCE.
(d) 194 BCE.

9. How much wheat would the army that the Romans and their allies fielded at Cannae have required daily?
(a) 75 tons.
(b) 50 tons.
(c) 100 tons.
(d) 125 tons.

10. When was the first major Roman road, the Via Appia, built?
(a) 319 BCE.
(b) 309 BCE.
(c) 312 BCE.
(d) 300 BCE.

11. When did Cicero dodge an assassination attempt in 63 BCE?
(a) October 11.
(b) November 7.
(c) December 3.
(d) September 30.

12. When was an essay by a Roman doctor found in a Greek monastery?
(a) 2010.
(b) 2005.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1999.

13. In 63 BCE, who was Catiline accused of murdering?
(a) Grandparents.
(b) Son and daughter.
(c) Second wife and daughter.
(d) First wife and son.

14. How many people lived in Rome in 63 BCE?
(a) 984,000.
(b) 1,250,000.
(c) More than a million.
(d) About half a million.

15. What historian did Cicero ask to commemorate the achievements of his consulship?
(a) Appian.
(b) Numa.
(c) Livy.
(d) Lucceius.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Julius Caesar assasinated?

2. When was an inscription found under black stone in the Forum?

3. In 63 BCE, who gave Cicero intelligence regarding a violent plot?

4. What animal was said to have nurtured Remus and Romulus?

5. When did European cities begin to reach a million inhabitants?

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