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HIST301 Final Exam - Greece, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire
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1. According to Thucydides, which Athenian politician persuaded the Athenian people to support a military expedition to Sicily during the Peloponnesian War?
2. Which of the following best describes the function and purpose of the Palace of Knossos?
3. At the beginning of the Republic, Rome was ruled by two magistrates elected to the office for one year. The historian Polybius noted that these officials represented the monarchal element in the Roman Constitution. What was their official title?
4. During the Greek Dark Ages, the early Greek city-state or polis was ruled by a(n):
5. In the early Roman Republic, the consuls summoned and presided over the:
6. Under which Roman emperor did the empire span the greatest amount of territory?
7. Which famous philosopher often presented his ideas in the form of dialogues in which the leading part was played by his former teacher Socrates?
8. Social and political conflict within the Roman Republic led ultimately to a power-sharing partnership between the patricians and the:
9. According to the historian Cassius Dio, the Emperor Commodus:
10. Which of these polices conducted by Sparta stirred up anger and resentment among other Greek city-states at the conclusion of the Peloponnesian War?
11. According to the historian Plutarch, all of the following were reasons for the victory of Rome over King Perseus of Macedon EXCEPT:
12. Fill in the blanks: The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought from 264 to 146 BCE by _________________ and __________________.
13. Each of the following was a result of the Samnite Wars EXCEPT:
14. Marcus Junius Brutus (85–42 BCE) was one of the leaders of the assassination conspiracy against Julius Caesar. What happened to Brutus after Caesar's death?
15. In the pre-Roman period, what is the name used to describe the group of ancient Greek cities along the coast of southern Italy?
16. Augustus had a great military mind. One of his greatest military reforms was the substitution of the republican armies, which were raised for specific campaigns, with a(n):
17. Where was the Mycenaean civilization centered?
18. Alexander III of Macedonia (356–323 BCE) was commonly known as:
19. Which culture greatly influenced the Greeks, particularly their alphabet?
20. All of the following statements are true in regard to the Trojan War EXCEPT:
21. Who conquered the Achaemenid Empire, commonly known as the Persian Empire, and when?
22. The First Punic War (264–241 BCE) began over what state would dominate which of these areas?
23. According to the historian Appian what event initiated the war between Rome and Antiochus III?
24. The soldiers of the Roman army during the early Republic were largely:
25. As chronicled in Plutarch's biography, the Roman Republic first began to recruit landless men into the Roman army during the war against:

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