Lesson test: The conquest of Italy

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The conquest of Italy

1.[3p]
Two legions of 4,200 foot and 300 horse, with allied foot equal to the Roman foot and allied horse at three times the Roman horse. How many men is a consular army?

CorrectNot quite: 19200

2.[2p]
What did citizenship without the vote give a community?

Roman private law and the duty to serve, with no say in Roman elections

Correct

The vote in the tribal assembly but not in the centuriate assembly

The answer is: Roman private law and the duty to serve, with no say in Roman elections

Exemption from military service in exchange for a money tribute

The answer is: Roman private law and the duty to serve, with no say in Roman elections

Full citizenship after ten years of good behaviour

The answer is: Roman private law and the duty to serve, with no say in Roman elections

3.[3p]
Match each status to what it carried.

Full citizenship
Citizenship without the vote
Latin status
Ally

trade and marriage with Romans, and a route to citizenship
local self-government under its own treaty, owing troops only
private rights and military duty, no vote
every legal and political right, including the vote

Show the answer

Full citizenship: every legal and political right, including the vote Citizenship without the vote: private rights and military duty, no vote Latin status: trade and marriage with Romans, and a route to citizenship Ally: local self-government under its own treaty, owing troops only

4.[2p]
The Via Appia ran 132 Roman miles from Rome to Capua. How many kilometres is that, at 1.479 km to the Roman mile?

CorrectNot quite: 195

5.[1p]
Rome's Italian allies paid an annual tribute in money.

True

The answer is: False

False

Correct

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

Tarentum falls and Rome controls peninsular Italy
Sentinum breaks the coalition of Samnites, Etruscans, Umbrians and Gauls
The Latin War ends and the Latin League is dissolved
Pyrrhus defeats a Roman army at Heraclea

Show the answer

a, b, c, d

7.[2p]
In 225 BC Polybius gives the total of Roman and allied men able to bear arms as over how many infantry?

CorrectNot quite: 700000

8.[3p]
Which of these held the Italian settlement together?

Select all that apply

Colonies of Roman and Latin settlers planted on confiscated land

Correct

Roads built so that armies could move quickly to trouble

Correct

A graded set of statuses with a route from one to the next

Correct

A permanent Roman garrison stationed in every allied town

The answer is: Colonies of Roman and Latin settlers planted on confiscated land, Roads built so that armies could move quickly to trouble, A graded set of statuses with a route from one to the next

9.[3p]
Why does the allied share of a Roman army matter politically?

Over half the infantry came from communities with no vote in the wars they fought

Correct

Allied troops were paid more than Roman legionaries

The answer is: Over half the infantry came from communities with no vote in the wars they fought

Allies commanded the army in alternate years

The answer is: Over half the infantry came from communities with no vote in the wars they fought

Allied contingents could veto a declaration of war

The answer is: Over half the infantry came from communities with no vote in the wars they fought

1.[3p] Two legions of 4,200 foot and 300 horse, with allied foot equal to the Roman foot and allied horse at three times the Roman horse. How many men is a consular army?

2.[2p] What did citizenship without the vote give a community?

3.[3p] Match each status to what it carried.

4.[2p] The Via Appia ran 132 Roman miles from Rome to Capua. How many kilometres is that, at 1.479 km to the Roman mile?

5.[1p] Rome's Italian allies paid an annual tribute in money.

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

7.[2p] In 225 BC Polybius gives the total of Roman and allied men able to bear arms as over how many infantry?

8.[3p] Which of these held the Italian settlement together?

9.[3p] Why does the allied share of a Roman army matter politically?

1.[3p]
Two legions of 4,200 foot and 300 horse, with allied foot equal to the Roman foot and allied horse at three times the Roman horse. How many men is a consular army?

2.[2p]
What did citizenship without the vote give a community?

3.[3p]
Match each status to what it carried.

4.[2p]
The Via Appia ran 132 Roman miles from Rome to Capua. How many kilometres is that, at 1.479 km to the Roman mile?

5.[1p]
Rome's Italian allies paid an annual tribute in money.

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

7.[2p]
In 225 BC Polybius gives the total of Roman and allied men able to bear arms as over how many infantry?

8.[3p]
Which of these held the Italian settlement together?

9.[3p]
Why does the allied share of a Roman army matter politically?