Lesson test: Actium and the Republic that could not return

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Actium and the Republic that could not return

1.[2p]
Octavian took the consulship by force in 43 BC at what age?

CorrectNot quite: 19

2.[3p]
How did the triumvirate of 43 BC differ from the arrangement of 60 BC?

It was a magistracy created by law, with power to legislate and appoint magistrates

Correct

It was kept secret from the Senate for several years

The answer is: It was a magistracy created by law, with power to legislate and appoint magistrates

It involved only two men rather than three

The answer is: It was a magistracy created by law, with power to legislate and appoint magistrates

It was imposed by the army without any vote

The answer is: It was a magistracy created by law, with power to legislate and appoint magistrates

3.[3p]
Why is Philippi in 42 BC a more decisive date than Actium for the Republic as a cause?

It was the last time an army took the field for the Republic rather than for a Caesarian leader

Correct

It ended the fighting in Italy for good

The answer is: It was the last time an army took the field for the Republic rather than for a Caesarian leader

It was the battle in which Caesar's assassins were formally pardoned

The answer is: It was the last time an army took the field for the Republic rather than for a Caesarian leader

It transferred the eastern provinces to the Senate

The answer is: It was the last time an army took the field for the Republic rather than for a Caesarian leader

4.[2p]
In 32 BC war was declared on Cleopatra rather than on Antony.

True

Correct

False

The answer is: True

5.[2p]
Augustus reduced about 60 legions to 28. What percentage reduction is that?

CorrectNot quite: 53

6.[3p]
What did the settlement of 27 BC actually leave in Augustus's hands?

A ten-year command over the provinces where nearly all the legions were stationed

Correct

The dictatorship, renewed annually by the Senate

The answer is: A ten-year command over the provinces where nearly all the legions were stationed

The censorship, with power to revise the roll of the Senate for life

The answer is: A ten-year command over the provinces where nearly all the legions were stationed

The title of king, accepted at the Senate's request

The answer is: A ten-year command over the provinces where nearly all the legions were stationed

7.[3p]
Match each explanation of the fall to the historian or source that argued it.

A revolution in the governing class under a leader
The institutions were working until the civil war destroyed them
Wealth and the removal of a feared enemy corrupted Roman character
The Republic was restored to the Senate and people

Sallust
Erich Gruen
Ronald Syme
the Res Gestae of Augustus

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A revolution in the governing class under a leader: Ronald Syme The institutions were working until the civil war destroyed them: Erich Gruen Wealth and the removal of a feared enemy corrupted Roman character: Sallust The Republic was restored to the Senate and people: the Res Gestae of Augustus

8.[3p]
Which structural problems does this course identify as compounding after 133 BC?

Select all that apply

Commands too large and too long for annual magistrates to hold

Correct

Armies dependent on their generals for land at discharge

Correct

Political disputes with no settled way to end except violence

Correct

A citizen body that could not physically assemble to vote

Correct

9.[3p]
What would the reforms needed to save the Republic have looked like?

Permanent state funding for veterans and a standing means of removing a governor

Correct

A stricter ban on holding two magistracies at once

The answer is: Permanent state funding for veterans and a standing means of removing a governor

The abolition of the tribunate and the popular assemblies

The answer is: Permanent state funding for veterans and a standing means of removing a governor

A return to the property qualification for military service

The answer is: Permanent state funding for veterans and a standing means of removing a governor

1.[2p] Octavian took the consulship by force in 43 BC at what age?

2.[3p] How did the triumvirate of 43 BC differ from the arrangement of 60 BC?

3.[3p] Why is Philippi in 42 BC a more decisive date than Actium for the Republic as a cause?

4.[2p] In 32 BC war was declared on Cleopatra rather than on Antony.

5.[2p] Augustus reduced about 60 legions to 28. What percentage reduction is that?

6.[3p] What did the settlement of 27 BC actually leave in Augustus's hands?

7.[3p] Match each explanation of the fall to the historian or source that argued it.

8.[3p] Which structural problems does this course identify as compounding after 133 BC?

9.[3p] What would the reforms needed to save the Republic have looked like?

1.[2p]
Octavian took the consulship by force in 43 BC at what age?

2.[3p]
How did the triumvirate of 43 BC differ from the arrangement of 60 BC?

3.[3p]
Why is Philippi in 42 BC a more decisive date than Actium for the Republic as a cause?

4.[2p]
In 32 BC war was declared on Cleopatra rather than on Antony.

5.[2p]
Augustus reduced about 60 legions to 28. What percentage reduction is that?

6.[3p]
What did the settlement of 27 BC actually leave in Augustus's hands?

7.[3p]
Match each explanation of the fall to the historian or source that argued it.

8.[3p]
Which structural problems does this course identify as compounding after 133 BC?

9.[3p]
What would the reforms needed to save the Republic have looked like?