Lesson test: The peoples on the other side

1.[3p]
What is the best model for what the Goths and Alamanni were?

Political coalitions around a war leader, able to absorb outsiders quickly

Correct

Nations migrating intact with their languages and customs

The answer is: Political coalitions around a war leader, able to absorb outsiders quickly

Roman provinces that had declared independence

The answer is: Political coalitions around a war leader, able to absorb outsiders quickly

Loose trading networks with no military organisation

The answer is: Political coalitions around a war leader, able to absorb outsiders quickly

2.[3p]
Why did the Goths end up holding a creed the empire later called heresy?

They converted while the imperial court held to non-Nicene formulas

Correct

Wulfila invented a doctrine of his own

The answer is: They converted while the imperial court held to non-Nicene formulas

They refused every version of Christianity offered by Rome

The answer is: They converted while the imperial court held to non-Nicene formulas

Theodosius converted them deliberately to a rejected creed

The answer is: They converted while the imperial court held to non-Nicene formulas

3.[2p]
Ammianus reports that the Roman authorities tried to count the Goths crossing the Danube in 376 and gave up.

True

Correct

False

The answer is: True

6.[3p]
Against a population of about 50 million, what percentage is that? Give it to two decimal places.

CorrectNot quite: 0.16

7.[3p]
Why was Adrianople decisive, given that the losses were survivable?

It removed the option of solving the Gothic problem by force

Correct

It destroyed more than half the total imperial army

The answer is: It removed the option of solving the Gothic problem by force

It opened the road to Constantinople

The answer is: It removed the option of solving the Gothic problem by force

It ended Roman control of the Danube provinces permanently

The answer is: It removed the option of solving the Gothic problem by force

8.[3p]
What was new about the treaty of 382?

A group inside the empire kept its own leaders and its own military identity

Correct

Barbarians were settled on Roman soil for the first time

The answer is: A group inside the empire kept its own leaders and its own military identity

The Goths were enrolled individually into Roman legions

The answer is: A group inside the empire kept its own leaders and its own military identity

The empire agreed to pay an annual tribute

The answer is: A group inside the empire kept its own leaders and its own military identity

9.[3p]
Why does the word invasion fit these events badly?

Select all that apply

Most of these groups were admitted by treaty or already in Roman service

Correct

Their recorded demands were for land, supplies and Roman military rank

Correct

Armies on both sides were commanded by men of barbarian descent

Correct

No violence of any kind took place

The answer is: Most of these groups were admitted by treaty or already in Roman service, Their recorded demands were for land, supplies and Roman military rank, Armies on both sides were commanded by men of barbarian descent

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The peoples on the other side

1.[3p]
What is the best model for what the Goths and Alamanni were?

2.[3p]
Why did the Goths end up holding a creed the empire later called heresy?

3.[2p]
Ammianus reports that the Roman authorities tried to count the Goths crossing the Danube in 376 and gave up.

4.[2p]
In what year did Valens allow the Goths across the Danube?

5.[2p]
Geiseric had his people counted before crossing to Africa. What total is reported?

6.[3p]
Against a population of about 50 million, what percentage is that? Give it to two decimal places.

7.[3p]
Why was Adrianople decisive, given that the losses were survivable?

8.[3p]
What was new about the treaty of 382?

9.[3p]
Why does the word invasion fit these events badly?

1.[3p] What is the best model for what the Goths and Alamanni were?

2.[3p] Why did the Goths end up holding a creed the empire later called heresy?

3.[2p] Ammianus reports that the Roman authorities tried to count the Goths crossing the Danube in 376 and gave up.

4.[2p] In what year did Valens allow the Goths across the Danube?

5.[2p] Geiseric had his people counted before crossing to Africa. What total is reported?

6.[3p] Against a population of about 50 million, what percentage is that? Give it to two decimal places.

7.[3p] Why was Adrianople decisive, given that the losses were survivable?

8.[3p] What was new about the treaty of 382?

9.[3p] Why does the word invasion fit these events badly?

1.[3p]
What is the best model for what the Goths and Alamanni were?

2.[3p]
Why did the Goths end up holding a creed the empire later called heresy?

3.[2p]
Ammianus reports that the Roman authorities tried to count the Goths crossing the Danube in 376 and gave up.

4.[2p]
In what year did Valens allow the Goths across the Danube?

5.[2p]
Geiseric had his people counted before crossing to Africa. What total is reported?

6.[3p]
Against a population of about 50 million, what percentage is that? Give it to two decimal places.

7.[3p]
Why was Adrianople decisive, given that the losses were survivable?

8.[3p]
What was new about the treaty of 382?

9.[3p]
Why does the word invasion fit these events badly?