Lesson test: Hannibal and the test of the alliance

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Hannibal and the test of the alliance

1.[2p]
What was Hannibal's strategy for beating Rome?

Detach Rome's Italian allies, since they supplied about half its army

Correct

Destroy the Roman fleet and blockade the Italian coast

The answer is: Detach Rome's Italian allies, since they supplied about half its army

Capture Rome by siege in the first campaigning season

The answer is: Detach Rome's Italian allies, since they supplied about half its army

Force Rome into a naval war it could not afford

The answer is: Detach Rome's Italian allies, since they supplied about half its army

2.[2p]
Polybius puts the Roman dead at Cannae at 70,000 out of about 86,000. What percentage is that?

CorrectNot quite: 81

3.[2p]
Polybius says Hannibal left New Carthage with 102,000 men and reached Italy with 26,000. How many did he lose on the way?

CorrectNot quite: 76000

4.[1p]
After Cannae the Senate paid Hannibal's price to ransom the Roman prisoners he held.

True

The answer is: False

False

Correct

5.[3p]
Why did the Senate arm 8,000 slaves and yet refuse to ransom citizen prisoners?

Buying slaves changed nothing about what a citizen soldier could expect; ransom would have

Correct

Slaves were cheaper than the ransom Hannibal demanded

The answer is: Buying slaves changed nothing about what a citizen soldier could expect; ransom would have

The prisoners had been condemned for cowardice before the battle

The answer is: Buying slaves changed nothing about what a citizen soldier could expect; ransom would have

Hannibal refused to release prisoners at any price

The answer is: Buying slaves changed nothing about what a citizen soldier could expect; ransom would have

6.[2p]
Put these events in order.

Hannibal is beaten at Zama
The Roman army is destroyed at Cannae
Capua is retaken and its ruling class executed
Scipio takes an army to Africa
Hannibal crosses the Alps into Italy

Show the answer

a, b, c, d, e

7.[3p]
Why did most of Rome's Italian allies stay loyal?

Select all that apply

Rome had tied the local ruling classes to itself, so defection risked their property

Correct

The Latin colonies were Roman and Latin populations settled on land Rome had granted them

Correct

Rome could still punish a defecting city the following year, as Capua found

Correct

Hannibal refused to accept the surrender of any Italian community

The answer is: Rome had tied the local ruling classes to itself, so defection risked their property, The Latin colonies were Roman and Latin populations settled on land Rome had granted them, Rome could still punish a defecting city the following year, as Capua found

8.[3p]
What was constitutionally new about Scipio's command in Spain from 210 BC?

A private citizen who had held no senior office was given proconsular imperium by a popular vote

Correct

A consul was allowed to command outside Italy for the first time

The answer is: A private citizen who had held no senior office was given proconsular imperium by a popular vote

Two commanders shared a single province with equal imperium

The answer is: A private citizen who had held no senior office was given proconsular imperium by a popular vote

The Senate appointed a dictator to fight a war overseas

The answer is: A private citizen who had held no senior office was given proconsular imperium by a popular vote

9.[2p]
The peace of 201 BC set an indemnity of 10,000 talents over fifty years. How many talents a year is that?

CorrectNot quite: 200

1.[2p] What was Hannibal's strategy for beating Rome?

2.[2p] Polybius puts the Roman dead at Cannae at 70,000 out of about 86,000. What percentage is that?

3.[2p] Polybius says Hannibal left New Carthage with 102,000 men and reached Italy with 26,000. How many did he lose on the way?

4.[1p] After Cannae the Senate paid Hannibal's price to ransom the Roman prisoners he held.

5.[3p] Why did the Senate arm 8,000 slaves and yet refuse to ransom citizen prisoners?

6.[2p] Put these events in order.

7.[3p] Why did most of Rome's Italian allies stay loyal?

8.[3p] What was constitutionally new about Scipio's command in Spain from 210 BC?

9.[2p] The peace of 201 BC set an indemnity of 10,000 talents over fifty years. How many talents a year is that?

1.[2p]
What was Hannibal's strategy for beating Rome?

2.[2p]
Polybius puts the Roman dead at Cannae at 70,000 out of about 86,000. What percentage is that?

3.[2p]
Polybius says Hannibal left New Carthage with 102,000 men and reached Italy with 26,000. How many did he lose on the way?

4.[1p]
After Cannae the Senate paid Hannibal's price to ransom the Roman prisoners he held.

5.[3p]
Why did the Senate arm 8,000 slaves and yet refuse to ransom citizen prisoners?

6.[2p]
Put these events in order.

7.[3p]
Why did most of Rome's Italian allies stay loyal?

8.[3p]
What was constitutionally new about Scipio's command in Spain from 210 BC?

9.[2p]
The peace of 201 BC set an indemnity of 10,000 talents over fifty years. How many talents a year is that?