Lesson test: The struggle of the orders

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The struggle of the orders

1.[2p]
What gave the plebs their leverage against the patricians?

They were the army, so withdrawing from the levy stopped Rome from campaigning

Correct

They held a majority of the seats in the Senate

The answer is: They were the army, so withdrawing from the levy stopped Rome from campaigning

They controlled the treasury through the quaestorship

The answer is: They were the army, so withdrawing from the levy stopped Rome from campaigning

They could appeal to Rome's Latin allies for armed support

The answer is: They were the army, so withdrawing from the levy stopped Rome from campaigning

2.[2p]
What is the one-word Latin name for the plebs' withdrawal from the city?

CorrectNot quite: secessio

3.[2p]
In which year BC did the lex Hortensia make resolutions of the plebeian assembly binding on the whole people?

CorrectNot quite: 287

4.[1p]
The tribune's sacrosanctity began as a law passed by the whole Roman people.

True

The answer is: False

False

Correct

5.[3p]
Put these measures in the order they were passed.

The lex Poetelia abolishing debt bondage
The leges Liciniae Sextiae opening the consulship
The lex Ogulnia opening the priesthoods
The first secession and the creation of the tribunate
The lex Hortensia
The Twelve Tables

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a, b, c, d, e, f

6.[3p]
Match each measure to what it did.

Twelve Tables
lex Canuleia
leges Liciniae Sextiae
lex Poetelia Papiria
lex Ogulnia

ended enslavement of citizens for debt
opened the pontiffs and augurs to plebeians
put the law in public, citable writing
reserved one consulship each year for a plebeian
allowed patricians and plebeians to marry

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Twelve Tables: put the law in public, citable writing lex Canuleia: allowed patricians and plebeians to marry leges Liciniae Sextiae: reserved one consulship each year for a plebeian lex Poetelia Papiria: ended enslavement of citizens for debt lex Ogulnia: opened the pontiffs and augurs to plebeians

7.[2p]
The consulship was opened to plebeians in 367 BC. Rome first elected two plebeian consuls in 172 BC. How many years passed?

CorrectNot quite: 195

8.[2p]
What did the end of the struggle of the orders produce?

A new ruling group of consular families, patrician and plebeian together

Correct

A democracy in which office went to whoever the poor preferred

The answer is: A new ruling group of consular families, patrician and plebeian together

The abolition of the patriciate as a hereditary caste

The answer is: A new ruling group of consular families, patrician and plebeian together

A written constitution defining the powers of each office

The answer is: A new ruling group of consular families, patrician and plebeian together

9.[3p]
Why should the 500 iugera land clause attributed to the 367 BC law be treated with caution?

Select all that apply

It matches the limit Tiberius Gracchus proposed in 133 BC exactly

Correct

It lets a controversial new proposal be presented as restoring an ancient law

Correct

Unlike the consular clause, no independent record confirms it

Correct

No Roman law ever regulated the use of public land

The answer is: It matches the limit Tiberius Gracchus proposed in 133 BC exactly, It lets a controversial new proposal be presented as restoring an ancient law, Unlike the consular clause, no independent record confirms it

1.[2p] What gave the plebs their leverage against the patricians?

2.[2p] What is the one-word Latin name for the plebs' withdrawal from the city?

3.[2p] In which year BC did the lex Hortensia make resolutions of the plebeian assembly binding on the whole people?

4.[1p] The tribune's sacrosanctity began as a law passed by the whole Roman people.

5.[3p] Put these measures in the order they were passed.

6.[3p] Match each measure to what it did.

7.[2p] The consulship was opened to plebeians in 367 BC. Rome first elected two plebeian consuls in 172 BC. How many years passed?

8.[2p] What did the end of the struggle of the orders produce?

9.[3p] Why should the 500 iugera land clause attributed to the 367 BC law be treated with caution?

1.[2p]
What gave the plebs their leverage against the patricians?

2.[2p]
What is the one-word Latin name for the plebs' withdrawal from the city?

3.[2p]
In which year BC did the lex Hortensia make resolutions of the plebeian assembly binding on the whole people?

4.[1p]
The tribune's sacrosanctity began as a law passed by the whole Roman people.

5.[3p]
Put these measures in the order they were passed.

6.[3p]
Match each measure to what it did.

7.[2p]
The consulship was opened to plebeians in 367 BC. Rome first elected two plebeian consuls in 172 BC. How many years passed?

8.[2p]
What did the end of the struggle of the orders produce?

9.[3p]
Why should the 500 iugera land clause attributed to the 367 BC law be treated with caution?