Lesson test: What conquest did to Italy

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What conquest did to Italy

1.[2p]
In the ancient diagnosis, why did slave-worked estates threaten Rome's military strength?

Slaves could not be conscripted, so land worked by them produced no soldiers

Correct

Slaves were trained in arms and might revolt during a war

The answer is: Slaves could not be conscripted, so land worked by them produced no soldiers

Slave estates produced no grain, so armies could not be fed

The answer is: Slaves could not be conscripted, so land worked by them produced no soldiers

Slaves paid no tax, so the treasury could not fund legions

The answer is: Slaves could not be conscripted, so land worked by them produced no soldiers

2.[2p]
The census of 131 BC gives 318,823 citizens and that of 125 BC gives 394,736. What is the increase?

CorrectNot quite: 75913

3.[3p]
What is the best explanation of that increase?

The land commission gave men property, which made them worth registering

Correct

A sudden rise in the birth rate six years earlier

The answer is: The land commission gave men property, which made them worth registering

The enfranchisement of Italian allies after a war

The answer is: The land commission gave men property, which made them worth registering

Returning soldiers being counted twice by the censors

The answer is: The land commission gave men property, which made them worth registering

4.[2p]
Field survey shows that small farms disappeared across the whole of Italy in the second century BC.

True

The answer is: False

False

Correct

5.[2p]
A hundred iugera is about 25.2 hectares. Cato staffs such a vineyard with sixteen people. How many workers per iugerum is that?

CorrectNot quite: 0.16

6.[3p]
Match each body of evidence to what it shows.

The census totals
Cato's handbook
Field survey
The falling property qualification

small farms persisting through much of inland Italy
how a slave-worked estate for the market was actually run
a recruiting system under growing strain
registration falling to 136 BC, then jumping after the land commission

Show the answer

The census totals: registration falling to 136 BC, then jumping after the land commission Cato's handbook: how a slave-worked estate for the market was actually run Field survey: small farms persisting through much of inland Italy The falling property qualification: a recruiting system under growing strain

7.[3p]
Which claims in the ancient account can be independently checked and hold up?

Select all that apply

Military service overseas was long, frequent and unpopular enough to cause riots

Correct

Slaves arrived in Italy in very large numbers after the eastern wars

Correct

The property qualification for legionary service fell steeply

Correct

The free population of Italy fell in every region

The answer is: Military service overseas was long, frequent and unpopular enough to cause riots, Slaves arrived in Italy in very large numbers after the eastern wars, The property qualification for legionary service fell steeply

8.[3p]
The census of 70 BC gives 910,000 citizens and that of 28 BC gives 4,063,000. What is the difficulty?

No pre-industrial population can quadruple in 42 years, so the two counts cannot mean the same thing

Correct

The earlier figure comes from Augustus and the later one from Livy

The answer is: No pre-industrial population can quadruple in 42 years, so the two counts cannot mean the same thing

Both figures include the provinces, so neither describes Italy

The answer is: No pre-industrial population can quadruple in 42 years, so the two counts cannot mean the same thing

Censuses were not taken at all between those two years

The answer is: No pre-industrial population can quadruple in 42 years, so the two counts cannot mean the same thing

9.[2p]
What is the Latin name for the state-owned land, taken from defeated Italians, that the rich were accused of occupying?

CorrectNot quite: ager publicus

1.[2p] In the ancient diagnosis, why did slave-worked estates threaten Rome's military strength?

2.[2p] The census of 131 BC gives 318,823 citizens and that of 125 BC gives 394,736. What is the increase?

3.[3p] What is the best explanation of that increase?

4.[2p] Field survey shows that small farms disappeared across the whole of Italy in the second century BC.

5.[2p] A hundred iugera is about 25.2 hectares. Cato staffs such a vineyard with sixteen people. How many workers per iugerum is that?

6.[3p] Match each body of evidence to what it shows.

7.[3p] Which claims in the ancient account can be independently checked and hold up?

8.[3p] The census of 70 BC gives 910,000 citizens and that of 28 BC gives 4,063,000. What is the difficulty?

9.[2p] What is the Latin name for the state-owned land, taken from defeated Italians, that the rich were accused of occupying?

1.[2p]
In the ancient diagnosis, why did slave-worked estates threaten Rome's military strength?

2.[2p]
The census of 131 BC gives 318,823 citizens and that of 125 BC gives 394,736. What is the increase?

3.[3p]
What is the best explanation of that increase?

4.[2p]
Field survey shows that small farms disappeared across the whole of Italy in the second century BC.

5.[2p]
A hundred iugera is about 25.2 hectares. Cato staffs such a vineyard with sixteen people. How many workers per iugerum is that?

6.[3p]
Match each body of evidence to what it shows.

7.[3p]
Which claims in the ancient account can be independently checked and hold up?

8.[3p]
The census of 70 BC gives 910,000 citizens and that of 28 BC gives 4,063,000. What is the difficulty?

9.[2p]
What is the Latin name for the state-owned land, taken from defeated Italians, that the rich were accused of occupying?