Lesson test: The army that made them

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The army that made them

1.[2p]
A quarter of a million soldiers against sixty million people gives one soldier per how many inhabitants?

CorrectNot quite: 240

2.[2p]
Spread 250,000 men evenly along a 10,000 km frontier. How many men to the kilometre?

CorrectNot quite: 25

3.[3p]
What does that arithmetic rule out?

That the frontier was a defended wall held against serious attack

Correct

That the army could concentrate a field force

The answer is: That the frontier was a defended wall held against serious attack

That auxiliaries outnumbered legionaries

The answer is: That the frontier was a defended wall held against serious attack

That the army collected customs duties

The answer is: That the frontier was a defended wall held against serious attack

4.[3p]
The Pannonian mutineers of AD 14 demanded a denarius a day against the 225 denarii they were paid. By what percentage would that have raised their pay? Give it to the nearest whole number.

CorrectNot quite: 62

5.[3p]
Match each part of the army to what it was.

legions
auxilia
praetorians
diploma

a bronze certificate of citizenship on discharge
citizen infantry, about 5,000 to a unit
nine cohorts stationed in Italy at triple pay
non-citizen cohorts and cavalry raised in the provinces

Show the answer

legions: citizen infantry, about 5,000 to a unit auxilia: non-citizen cohorts and cavalry raised in the provinces praetorians: nine cohorts stationed in Italy at triple pay diploma: a bronze certificate of citizenship on discharge

6.[2p]
Italy held no legions under the early empire.

True

Correct

False

The answer is: True

7.[3p]
Which provinces would the distribution of legions predict as sources of challengers?

Select all that apply

The two German commands on the Rhine

Correct

Syria, facing the Euphrates

Correct

The Danube commands in Pannonia and Moesia

Correct

Achaea and Cyprus

The answer is: The two German commands on the Rhine, Syria, facing the Euphrates, The Danube commands in Pannonia and Moesia

8.[3p]
Why was Egypt governed by an equestrian prefect rather than a senator?

It could starve Rome, and an equestrian had no political base to revolt with

Correct

Senators were forbidden to leave Italy

The answer is: It could starve Rome, and an equestrian had no political base to revolt with

It was too small to need a senatorial governor

The answer is: It could starve Rome, and an equestrian had no political base to revolt with

Its legions were auxiliaries rather than citizens

The answer is: It could starve Rome, and an equestrian had no political base to revolt with

9.[2p]
About 125,000 auxiliaries serving twenty-five-year terms reach discharge at a steady rate. How many become citizens each year?

CorrectNot quite: 5000

1.[2p] A quarter of a million soldiers against sixty million people gives one soldier per how many inhabitants?

2.[2p] Spread 250,000 men evenly along a 10,000 km frontier. How many men to the kilometre?

3.[3p] What does that arithmetic rule out?

4.[3p] The Pannonian mutineers of AD 14 demanded a denarius a day against the 225 denarii they were paid. By what percentage would that have raised their pay? Give it to the nearest whole number.

5.[3p] Match each part of the army to what it was.

6.[2p] Italy held no legions under the early empire.

7.[3p] Which provinces would the distribution of legions predict as sources of challengers?

8.[3p] Why was Egypt governed by an equestrian prefect rather than a senator?

9.[2p] About 125,000 auxiliaries serving twenty-five-year terms reach discharge at a steady rate. How many become citizens each year?

1.[2p]
A quarter of a million soldiers against sixty million people gives one soldier per how many inhabitants?

2.[2p]
Spread 250,000 men evenly along a 10,000 km frontier. How many men to the kilometre?

3.[3p]
What does that arithmetic rule out?

4.[3p]
The Pannonian mutineers of AD 14 demanded a denarius a day against the 225 denarii they were paid. By what percentage would that have raised their pay? Give it to the nearest whole number.

5.[3p]
Match each part of the army to what it was.

6.[2p]
Italy held no legions under the early empire.

7.[3p]
Which provinces would the distribution of legions predict as sources of challengers?

8.[3p]
Why was Egypt governed by an equestrian prefect rather than a senator?

9.[2p]
About 125,000 auxiliaries serving twenty-five-year terms reach discharge at a steady rate. How many become citizens each year?