Lesson test: The century that nearly ended it

1.[3p]
Twenty-six recognised emperors between 235 and 284 gives an average reign of how many years? Give it to one decimal place.

CorrectNot quite: 1.9

2.[3p]
What does a two-year expected tenure do to an emperor's choices?

It makes paying the troops now rational and any long-term policy pointless

Correct

It encourages careful reform of the coinage

The answer is: It makes paying the troops now rational and any long-term policy pointless

It makes him more willing to trust capable generals

The answer is: It makes paying the troops now rational and any long-term policy pointless

It removes his need to visit the frontiers

The answer is: It makes paying the troops now rational and any long-term policy pointless

4.[3p]
Why is the agreement between Shapur's inscription and the Roman sources about the capture strong evidence?

Each side concedes something against its own interest

Correct

Shapur had no reason to exaggerate

The answer is: Each side concedes something against its own interest

The Roman sources are contemporary eyewitnesses

The answer is: Each side concedes something against its own interest

Both were written by the same author

The answer is: Each side concedes something against its own interest

5.[3p]
What did Postumus's Gallic state and the Palmyrene ascendancy have in common?

Select all that apply

Both reproduced Roman offices and titles rather than replacing them

Correct

Both were reconquered by Aurelian within three years of each other

Correct

Both provided a ruler who was present when the central government was not

Correct

Both renounced Roman law and citizenship

The answer is: Both reproduced Roman offices and titles rather than replacing them, Both were reconquered by Aurelian within three years of each other, Both provided a ruler who was present when the central government was not

6.[3p]
The Augustan denarius held about 3.82 g of silver; a late antoninianus about 0.07 g. Roughly how many times more coins could a pound of silver make? Give a whole number.

CorrectNot quite: 55

7.[2p]
An emperor who understood debasement could have stopped it without cutting the army's real pay.

True

The answer is: False

False

Correct

8.[2p]
Why did Aurelian enclose Rome with a wall from 271?

The city had been undefended for four centuries and no longer could be

Correct

The old Servian wall had collapsed

The answer is: The city had been undefended for four centuries and no longer could be

He needed work for unemployed soldiers

The answer is: The city had been undefended for four centuries and no longer could be

The Senate demanded it as a condition of recognising him

The answer is: The city had been undefended for four centuries and no longer could be

9.[3p]
What effect did Gallienus's exclusion of senators from legionary commands have?

It replaced an aristocratic officer class with a career one from the Danube

Correct

It reduced the size of the army by a third

The answer is: It replaced an aristocratic officer class with a career one from the Danube

It gave the Senate control of the frontier provinces

The answer is: It replaced an aristocratic officer class with a career one from the Danube

It ended the practice of proclaiming emperors in the field

The answer is: It replaced an aristocratic officer class with a career one from the Danube

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The century that nearly ended it

1.[3p]
Twenty-six recognised emperors between 235 and 284 gives an average reign of how many years? Give it to one decimal place.

2.[3p]
What does a two-year expected tenure do to an emperor's choices?

3.[2p]
In what year was Valerian captured by Shapur I?

4.[3p]
Why is the agreement between Shapur's inscription and the Roman sources about the capture strong evidence?

5.[3p]
What did Postumus's Gallic state and the Palmyrene ascendancy have in common?

6.[3p]
The Augustan denarius held about 3.82 g of silver; a late antoninianus about 0.07 g. Roughly how many times more coins could a pound of silver make? Give a whole number.

7.[2p]
An emperor who understood debasement could have stopped it without cutting the army's real pay.

8.[2p]
Why did Aurelian enclose Rome with a wall from 271?

9.[3p]
What effect did Gallienus's exclusion of senators from legionary commands have?

1.[3p] Twenty-six recognised emperors between 235 and 284 gives an average reign of how many years? Give it to one decimal place.

2.[3p] What does a two-year expected tenure do to an emperor's choices?

3.[2p] In what year was Valerian captured by Shapur I?

4.[3p] Why is the agreement between Shapur's inscription and the Roman sources about the capture strong evidence?

5.[3p] What did Postumus's Gallic state and the Palmyrene ascendancy have in common?

6.[3p] The Augustan denarius held about 3.82 g of silver; a late antoninianus about 0.07 g. Roughly how many times more coins could a pound of silver make? Give a whole number.

7.[2p] An emperor who understood debasement could have stopped it without cutting the army's real pay.

8.[2p] Why did Aurelian enclose Rome with a wall from 271?

9.[3p] What effect did Gallienus's exclusion of senators from legionary commands have?

1.[3p]
Twenty-six recognised emperors between 235 and 284 gives an average reign of how many years? Give it to one decimal place.

2.[3p]
What does a two-year expected tenure do to an emperor's choices?

3.[2p]
In what year was Valerian captured by Shapur I?

4.[3p]
Why is the agreement between Shapur's inscription and the Roman sources about the capture strong evidence?

5.[3p]
What did Postumus's Gallic state and the Palmyrene ascendancy have in common?

6.[3p]
The Augustan denarius held about 3.82 g of silver; a late antoninianus about 0.07 g. Roughly how many times more coins could a pound of silver make? Give a whole number.

7.[2p]
An emperor who understood debasement could have stopped it without cutting the army's real pay.

8.[2p]
Why did Aurelian enclose Rome with a wall from 271?

9.[3p]
What effect did Gallienus's exclusion of senators from legionary commands have?