Lesson test: Why the west and not the east

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Why the west and not the east

1.[3p]
Put the three dependencies in the order that makes the loop.

Tax pays the army
Territory yields tax
The army holds territory

Show the answer

a, b, c

2.[2p]
In what year did the Vandals take Carthage?

CorrectNot quite: 439

3.[3p]
The law of 445 cut the tax of Numidia and Mauretania Sitifensis to one eighth. What percentage of the previous assessment is that? Give a whole number.

CorrectNot quite: 12.5

4.[3p]
Why is a tax remission of that size better evidence than a chronicler's lament?

No government writes off revenue for effect; it does so when the money is not there

Correct

Remissions were always granted in peacetime

The answer is: No government writes off revenue for effect; it does so when the money is not there

Chroniclers had no access to provincial figures

The answer is: No government writes off revenue for effect; it does so when the money is not there

The law was drafted by the Vandals

The answer is: No government writes off revenue for effect; it does so when the money is not there

5.[3p]
The expedition of 468 cost around 100,000 Roman pounds of gold, at 72 solidi to the pound. How many solidi is that?

CorrectNot quite: 7200000

6.[3p]
Why did no second expedition follow the failure of 468?

There was no second sum of that size available

Correct

The eastern emperor forbade further campaigns

The answer is: There was no second sum of that size available

The Vandals had already returned Africa by treaty

The answer is: There was no second sum of that size available

The western fleet had been transferred to Britain

The answer is: There was no second sum of that size available

7.[3p]
Why did the eastern empire hold?

Select all that apply

It kept Egypt, Syria and Asia Minor, none of them ravaged

Correct

Its capital sat behind walls and a strait, and could be supplied by sea

Correct

Its aristocracy was made by office in Constantinople rather than by vast estates

Correct

It faced none of the peoples that pressed on the west

The answer is: It kept Egypt, Syria and Asia Minor, none of them ravaged, Its capital sat behind walls and a strait, and could be supplied by sea, Its aristocracy was made by office in Constantinople rather than by vast estates

8.[2p]
Attila's tribute of 2,100 pounds of gold a year was less than the annual income of one of the greatest Roman landed families.

True

Correct

False

The answer is: True

9.[3p]
What did Odoacer do in 476 that his predecessors had not?

He declined to appoint a replacement emperor at all

Correct

He took the imperial title himself

The answer is: He declined to appoint a replacement emperor at all

He abolished the Roman senate and the consulship

The answer is: He declined to appoint a replacement emperor at all

He refused to recognise the eastern emperor

The answer is: He declined to appoint a replacement emperor at all

1.[3p] Put the three dependencies in the order that makes the loop.

2.[2p] In what year did the Vandals take Carthage?

3.[3p] The law of 445 cut the tax of Numidia and Mauretania Sitifensis to one eighth. What percentage of the previous assessment is that? Give a whole number.

4.[3p] Why is a tax remission of that size better evidence than a chronicler's lament?

5.[3p] The expedition of 468 cost around 100,000 Roman pounds of gold, at 72 solidi to the pound. How many solidi is that?

6.[3p] Why did no second expedition follow the failure of 468?

7.[3p] Why did the eastern empire hold?

8.[2p] Attila's tribute of 2,100 pounds of gold a year was less than the annual income of one of the greatest Roman landed families.

9.[3p] What did Odoacer do in 476 that his predecessors had not?

1.[3p]
Put the three dependencies in the order that makes the loop.

2.[2p]
In what year did the Vandals take Carthage?

3.[3p]
The law of 445 cut the tax of Numidia and Mauretania Sitifensis to one eighth. What percentage of the previous assessment is that? Give a whole number.

4.[3p]
Why is a tax remission of that size better evidence than a chronicler's lament?

5.[3p]
The expedition of 468 cost around 100,000 Roman pounds of gold, at 72 solidi to the pound. How many solidi is that?

6.[3p]
Why did no second expedition follow the failure of 468?

7.[3p]
Why did the eastern empire hold?

8.[2p]
Attila's tribute of 2,100 pounds of gold a year was less than the annual income of one of the greatest Roman landed families.

9.[3p]
What did Odoacer do in 476 that his predecessors had not?