Lesson test: Constantine

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Constantine

1.[2p]
In what year was the battle of the Milvian Bridge fought?

CorrectNot quite: 312

2.[3p]
Put the three accounts of the victory in order, from the earliest to the latest.

Lactantius, a dream and a mark on the shields
Eusebius, a cross of light seen by the whole army
The Arch of Constantine, crediting the prompting of the divinity

Show the answer

b, a, c

3.[3p]
What pattern do the three accounts show?

The story gains detail, witnesses and precision as it gets further from the event

Correct

The earliest account is the most spectacular

The answer is: The story gains detail, witnesses and precision as it gets further from the event

All three agree on the details of the vision

The answer is: The story gains detail, witnesses and precision as it gets further from the event

Only the monument mentions a god at all

The answer is: The story gains detail, witnesses and precision as it gets further from the event

4.[2p]
Christianity was first legalised by the Edict of Milan in 313.

True

The answer is: False

False

Correct

5.[3p]
What did the agreement of 313 add to Galerius's edict of 311?

Freedom of worship for all, and restitution of confiscated church property

Correct

The first legal permission for Christians to exist

The answer is: Freedom of worship for all, and restitution of confiscated church property

A ban on traditional sacrifice

The answer is: Freedom of worship for all, and restitution of confiscated church property

The transfer of temple revenues to the church

The answer is: Freedom of worship for all, and restitution of confiscated church property

6.[3p]
The solidus was struck at 72 to a Roman pound of 327 grams. What did each one weigh, in grams? Give it to two decimal places.

CorrectNot quite: 4.54

7.[3p]
Why could gold be held to a standard when silver could not?

The state had bullion and no longer paid mass wages in coin

Correct

Gold is harder to counterfeit than silver

The answer is: The state had bullion and no longer paid mass wages in coin

Silver mines had been exhausted

The answer is: The state had bullion and no longer paid mass wages in coin

Gold coins circulated only outside the empire

The answer is: The state had bullion and no longer paid mass wages in coin

8.[3p]
Why did Constantine choose Byzantium for his new capital?

Select all that apply

It sat between the two frontiers that mattered, the Danube and Persia

Correct

It could be supplied by sea and defended on three sides

Correct

It had no old aristocracy, priesthoods or memories

Correct

It was the largest city in the empire already

The answer is: It sat between the two frontiers that mattered, the Danube and Persia, It could be supplied by sea and defended on three sides, It had no old aristocracy, priesthoods or memories

9.[3p]
Constantine exempted clergy from council duty and then had to forbid decurions from being ordained. What does the sequence show?

A privilege granted to a church immediately became a fiscal problem

Correct

Ordination was already illegal for men of property

The answer is: A privilege granted to a church immediately became a fiscal problem

City councils had ceased to exist

The answer is: A privilege granted to a church immediately became a fiscal problem

The church refused to accept the exemption

The answer is: A privilege granted to a church immediately became a fiscal problem

1.[2p] In what year was the battle of the Milvian Bridge fought?

2.[3p] Put the three accounts of the victory in order, from the earliest to the latest.

3.[3p] What pattern do the three accounts show?

4.[2p] Christianity was first legalised by the Edict of Milan in 313.

5.[3p] What did the agreement of 313 add to Galerius's edict of 311?

6.[3p] The solidus was struck at 72 to a Roman pound of 327 grams. What did each one weigh, in grams? Give it to two decimal places.

7.[3p] Why could gold be held to a standard when silver could not?

8.[3p] Why did Constantine choose Byzantium for his new capital?

9.[3p] Constantine exempted clergy from council duty and then had to forbid decurions from being ordained. What does the sequence show?

1.[2p]
In what year was the battle of the Milvian Bridge fought?

2.[3p]
Put the three accounts of the victory in order, from the earliest to the latest.

3.[3p]
What pattern do the three accounts show?

4.[2p]
Christianity was first legalised by the Edict of Milan in 313.

5.[3p]
What did the agreement of 313 add to Galerius's edict of 311?

6.[3p]
The solidus was struck at 72 to a Roman pound of 327 grams. What did each one weigh, in grams? Give it to two decimal places.

7.[3p]
Why could gold be held to a standard when silver could not?

8.[3p]
Why did Constantine choose Byzantium for his new capital?

9.[3p]
Constantine exempted clergy from council duty and then had to forbid decurions from being ordained. What does the sequence show?