Lesson test: Marius and the army that followed a man

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Marius and the army that followed a man

1.[3p]
Why did recruiting propertyless soldiers change the politics of the army?

A veteran with no farm needed land at discharge, and only his general could obtain it

Correct

Propertyless soldiers could not be trusted to fight and had to be bribed

The answer is: A veteran with no farm needed land at discharge, and only his general could obtain it

Men without property paid no tax, so the state lost revenue from every enlistment

The answer is: A veteran with no farm needed land at discharge, and only his general could obtain it

The Senate lost the right to declare war once the poor were enrolled

The answer is: A veteran with no farm needed land at discharge, and only his general could obtain it

2.[2p]
Discharging 5,000 men with ten iugera each requires how many iugera of land?

CorrectNot quite: 50000

3.[1p]
How many consulships did Marius hold?

CorrectNot quite: 6

4.[2p]
A law was passed abolishing the property qualification for military service.

True

The answer is: False

False

Correct

5.[3p]
How should Sallust's account of the Jugurthine War be used?

As a well-written argument with a thesis about noble corruption, checked against the legislation

Correct

As a neutral eyewitness record, since Sallust served in the war

The answer is: As a well-written argument with a thesis about noble corruption, checked against the legislation

As fiction, since no independent evidence of the war survives

The answer is: As a well-written argument with a thesis about noble corruption, checked against the legislation

As an official senatorial report compiled during the fighting

The answer is: As a well-written argument with a thesis about noble corruption, checked against the legislation

6.[3p]
Match each change to what it did for the army.

The cohort as the tactical unit
The eagle as sole standard
Soldiers carrying their own kit
Enrolment of the propertyless

a smaller baggage train and faster marching
ten manoeuvre units of uniform equipment instead of thirty
an object of loyalty belonging to the legion itself
a supply of long-serving volunteers with no land to return to

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The cohort as the tactical unit: ten manoeuvre units of uniform equipment instead of thirty The eagle as sole standard: an object of loyalty belonging to the legion itself Soldiers carrying their own kit: a smaller baggage train and faster marching Enrolment of the propertyless: a supply of long-serving volunteers with no land to return to

7.[3p]
What did Marius's six consulships show about the constitution?

Its rules could be set aside by a frightened electorate without being repealed

Correct

The Senate had formally abolished the ten-year interval between consulships

The answer is: Its rules could be set aside by a frightened electorate without being repealed

A dictator could hold the consulship indefinitely

The answer is: Its rules could be set aside by a frightened electorate without being repealed

The assemblies had lost the power to elect consuls

The answer is: Its rules could be set aside by a frightened electorate without being repealed

8.[3p]
In 100 BC Marius suppressed Saturninus, the tribune who had passed land bills for his own veterans. What does the episode show?

A general needed popular tribunes for his veterans and senatorial acceptance for himself, and the two could collide

Correct

Marius had never supported land distribution

The answer is: A general needed popular tribunes for his veterans and senatorial acceptance for himself, and the two could collide

The Senate had no means of resisting a popular tribune

The answer is: A general needed popular tribunes for his veterans and senatorial acceptance for himself, and the two could collide

Veterans preferred money to land and refused the settlement

The answer is: A general needed popular tribunes for his veterans and senatorial acceptance for himself, and the two could collide

9.[3p]
What did the Roman state supply to a soldier, and what did his general supply?

Select all that apply

The state supplied modest pay, which stopped at discharge

Correct

The general distributed booty at his own discretion

Correct

The general obtained land for veterans by his own political effort

Correct

The state guaranteed a pension in land to every discharged soldier

The answer is: The state supplied modest pay, which stopped at discharge, The general distributed booty at his own discretion, The general obtained land for veterans by his own political effort

1.[3p] Why did recruiting propertyless soldiers change the politics of the army?

2.[2p] Discharging 5,000 men with ten iugera each requires how many iugera of land?

3.[1p] How many consulships did Marius hold?

4.[2p] A law was passed abolishing the property qualification for military service.

5.[3p] How should Sallust's account of the Jugurthine War be used?

6.[3p] Match each change to what it did for the army.

7.[3p] What did Marius's six consulships show about the constitution?

8.[3p] In 100 BC Marius suppressed Saturninus, the tribune who had passed land bills for his own veterans. What does the episode show?

9.[3p] What did the Roman state supply to a soldier, and what did his general supply?

1.[3p]
Why did recruiting propertyless soldiers change the politics of the army?

2.[2p]
Discharging 5,000 men with ten iugera each requires how many iugera of land?

3.[1p]
How many consulships did Marius hold?

4.[2p]
A law was passed abolishing the property qualification for military service.

5.[3p]
How should Sallust's account of the Jugurthine War be used?

6.[3p]
Match each change to what it did for the army.

7.[3p]
What did Marius's six consulships show about the constitution?

8.[3p]
In 100 BC Marius suppressed Saturninus, the tribune who had passed land bills for his own veterans. What does the episode show?

9.[3p]
What did the Roman state supply to a soldier, and what did his general supply?