Lesson test: Government by cities

1.[3p]
Set 350 senior officials against sixty million people. How many inhabitants per official, to the nearest thousand?

CorrectNot quite: 171000

2.[3p]
Han China had something over 130,000 salaried officials for a comparable population. What does the comparison establish?

Rome did almost no governing directly, so somebody else must have done it

Correct

Rome's population figures must be wrong

The answer is: Rome did almost no governing directly, so somebody else must have done it

Han China was a much larger empire

The answer is: Rome did almost no governing directly, so somebody else must have done it

Roman officials were far more efficient

The answer is: Rome did almost no governing directly, so somebody else must have done it

3.[2p]
About two thousand self-governing cities held sixty million people. What is the average per city?

CorrectNot quite: 30000

4.[2p]
The charter of Irni limited local civil jurisdiction to cases worth up to how many sesterces?

CorrectNot quite: 1000

5.[3p]
What did the charter of Irni provide?

Select all that apply

Magistrates became Roman citizens on leaving office, with their families

Correct

Rules for elections, quorums, contracts and public accounts

Correct

A limit on the value of cases local courts could hear

Correct

A standing garrison for the town

The answer is: Magistrates became Roman citizens on leaving office, with their families, Rules for elections, quorums, contracts and public accounts, A limit on the value of cases local courts could hear

6.[2p]
Pliny charged land with a rent of 30,000 sesterces on a nominal value of 500,000. What return is that, as a percentage?

CorrectNot quite: 6

7.[3p]
At Veleia, 1,044,000 sesterces was lent at five per cent. What annual income does that produce?

CorrectNot quite: 52200

8.[2p]
The Veleia scheme delivered state child support through loans to local landowners rather than through an institution of its own.

True

Correct

False

The answer is: True

9.[3p]
Why did Trajan refuse Nicomedia a fire brigade of 150 men?

Any body meeting for a common purpose would become a political club

Correct

The city could not afford to pay them

The answer is: Any body meeting for a common purpose would become a political club

Fire-fighting was a duty of the governor's soldiers

The answer is: Any body meeting for a common purpose would become a political club

The request had come from the wrong official

The answer is: Any body meeting for a common purpose would become a political club

1.[3p] Set 350 senior officials against sixty million people. How many inhabitants per official, to the nearest thousand?

2.[3p] Han China had something over 130,000 salaried officials for a comparable population. What does the comparison establish?

3.[2p] About two thousand self-governing cities held sixty million people. What is the average per city?

4.[2p] The charter of Irni limited local civil jurisdiction to cases worth up to how many sesterces?

5.[3p] What did the charter of Irni provide?

6.[2p] Pliny charged land with a rent of 30,000 sesterces on a nominal value of 500,000. What return is that, as a percentage?

7.[3p] At Veleia, 1,044,000 sesterces was lent at five per cent. What annual income does that produce?

8.[2p] The Veleia scheme delivered state child support through loans to local landowners rather than through an institution of its own.

9.[3p] Why did Trajan refuse Nicomedia a fire brigade of 150 men?

1.[3p]
Set 350 senior officials against sixty million people. How many inhabitants per official, to the nearest thousand?

2.[3p]
Han China had something over 130,000 salaried officials for a comparable population. What does the comparison establish?

3.[2p]
About two thousand self-governing cities held sixty million people. What is the average per city?

4.[2p]
The charter of Irni limited local civil jurisdiction to cases worth up to how many sesterces?

5.[3p]
What did the charter of Irni provide?

6.[2p]
Pliny charged land with a rent of 30,000 sesterces on a nominal value of 500,000. What return is that, as a percentage?

7.[3p]
At Veleia, 1,044,000 sesterces was lent at five per cent. What annual income does that produce?

8.[2p]
The Veleia scheme delivered state child support through loans to local landowners rather than through an institution of its own.

9.[3p]
Why did Trajan refuse Nicomedia a fire brigade of 150 men?