Ch.5 ST2

Rome's first written code of law was the

Twelve Tables.

The Social War was

a war between Rome and its Italian allies, who resented their lack of Roman citizenship.

What was virtus in Rome?

A quality comprising courage, strength, and loyalty

Which of the following was expected of a wealthy Roman wife but never of a Greek wife?

Accompanying her husband to dinner parties

Which of the following is not true of the doctrine of humanitas?

It was embraced by the historian Cato.

Which of the following is not true of equites?

At the time of Gaius Gracchus they were allowed to serve in the Senate.

Against what power did the Roman republic fight during the Punic Wars?

Carthage

Which of the following does not describe Roman society by the time of Sulla's death?

Former Roman generals were barred from holding the office of consul or tribune.

Which of the following was not one of the ways in which Julius Caesar gained support in Rome?

He defended the authority of the Senate.

What were latifundia?

Large-scale farms operated primarily by slaves

The First Triumvirate included all of the following except

Lucius Cornelius Sulla.

Which of the following is most true of the relationship between the Romans and the Etruscans?

The Romans borrowed selectively from the Etruscans, adapting these borrowings to their own circumstances.

Which of the following turned the tide in the Romans' favor during the Second Punic War?

The Romans launched a counterinvasion of their enemy's homeland.

The highest officials in the republican government of Rome were

consuls.

In Rome, freed slaves

owed special obligations to their former owners.

The population of the Roman republic was split into two orders:

patricians and plebeians.

The head of state religion and the ultimate authority on religious matters affecting government was the

pontifex maximus.

Romans guided their lives by the mos maiorum, or

the values of their ancestors.

The displaced and rural poor who moved to Rome were an unstable element in Roman society because

they backed any politician who promised to address their need for sustenance.

Fides required

treating everyone with justice.