Lesson test: The empire nobody planned

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The empire nobody planned

1.[2p]
What did provincia originally mean?

A sphere of duty assigned to a magistrate

Correct

A conquered territory paying tribute

The answer is: A sphere of duty assigned to a magistrate

The staff a governor took overseas with him

The answer is: A sphere of duty assigned to a magistrate

A treaty of alliance with a defeated kingdom

The answer is: A sphere of duty assigned to a magistrate

2.[3p]
Why did prorogation of imperium become the normal way to govern provinces?

The number of provinces grew while the number of senior magistrates did not

Correct

The Senate distrusted serving consuls with armies

The answer is: The number of provinces grew while the number of senior magistrates did not

A law of 197 BC forbade praetors from leaving Italy

The answer is: The number of provinces grew while the number of senior magistrates did not

Provincials were entitled to choose a governor who had already served them

The answer is: The number of provinces grew while the number of senior magistrates did not

3.[2p]
In which year BC was direct taxation of Roman citizens in Italy suspended after the Macedonian booty arrived?

CorrectNot quite: 167

4.[3p]
A legionary was paid about 480 sesterces a year. Cicero claimed Verres extorted 40 million sesterces from Sicily. How many years of a soldier's pay is that?

CorrectNot quite: 83333

5.[1p]
Rome collected provincial taxes through a department of salaried officials.

True

The answer is: False

False

Correct

6.[3p]
Match each date to what happened.

197 BC
188 BC
168 BC
146 BC
133 BC

the last king of Pergamum leaves his kingdom to Rome in his will
Carthage and Corinth are both destroyed
Macedon is destroyed as a kingdom at Pydna
the peace of Apamea imposes 15,000 talents on Antiochus
the Macedonian phalanx is beaten at Cynoscephalae

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197 BC: the Macedonian phalanx is beaten at Cynoscephalae 188 BC: the peace of Apamea imposes 15,000 talents on Antiochus 168 BC: Macedon is destroyed as a kingdom at Pydna 146 BC: Carthage and Corinth are both destroyed 133 BC: the last king of Pergamum leaves his kingdom to Rome in his will

7.[3p]
What is the strongest single piece of evidence for the structural account of Roman imperialism?

The political system rewarded military glory, and Rome fought in almost every year

Correct

Every war Rome fought began with an appeal from an ally

The answer is: The political system rewarded military glory, and Rome fought in almost every year

Rome annexed each territory immediately after defeating it

The answer is: The political system rewarded military glory, and Rome fought in almost every year

The Senate voted for war without consulting the assemblies

The answer is: The political system rewarded military glory, and Rome fought in almost every year

8.[3p]
What does the founding of the extortion court in 149 BC show?

Select all that apply

That extortion by governors was recognised as systematic rather than exceptional

Correct

That provincials had no vote and so had to be given a legal procedure instead

Correct

That the problem was brought under control after 149 BC

The answer is: That extortion by governors was recognised as systematic rather than exceptional, That provincials had no vote and so had to be given a legal procedure instead

That governors were routinely convicted from then on

The answer is: That extortion by governors was recognised as systematic rather than exceptional, That provincials had no vote and so had to be given a legal procedure instead

9.[2p]
What is the Latin name for the contractors who bought the right to collect a province's taxes?

CorrectNot quite: publicani

1.[2p] What did provincia originally mean?

2.[3p] Why did prorogation of imperium become the normal way to govern provinces?

3.[2p] In which year BC was direct taxation of Roman citizens in Italy suspended after the Macedonian booty arrived?

4.[3p] A legionary was paid about 480 sesterces a year. Cicero claimed Verres extorted 40 million sesterces from Sicily. How many years of a soldier's pay is that?

5.[1p] Rome collected provincial taxes through a department of salaried officials.

6.[3p] Match each date to what happened.

7.[3p] What is the strongest single piece of evidence for the structural account of Roman imperialism?

8.[3p] What does the founding of the extortion court in 149 BC show?

9.[2p] What is the Latin name for the contractors who bought the right to collect a province's taxes?

1.[2p]
What did provincia originally mean?

2.[3p]
Why did prorogation of imperium become the normal way to govern provinces?

3.[2p]
In which year BC was direct taxation of Roman citizens in Italy suspended after the Macedonian booty arrived?

4.[3p]
A legionary was paid about 480 sesterces a year. Cicero claimed Verres extorted 40 million sesterces from Sicily. How many years of a soldier's pay is that?

5.[1p]
Rome collected provincial taxes through a department of salaried officials.

6.[3p]
Match each date to what happened.

7.[3p]
What is the strongest single piece of evidence for the structural account of Roman imperialism?

8.[3p]
What does the founding of the extortion court in 149 BC show?

9.[2p]
What is the Latin name for the contractors who bought the right to collect a province's taxes?