CLAS 150C1 STUDY GUIDE 2026 ACTUAL
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● Proto-Indo-European. Answer: 2000-5000 BC language that was the
ancestor of all Indo-European languages.
Jupiter and Zeus same PIE god
● Latins. Answer: Latin speakers. Linguistic rather than political group.
Rome is one of the Latin people.
● Magna Graecia. Answer: The areas in southern Italy and Sicily where
many Greek colonies were established.
● Etruscans. Answer: Non-Proto-Indo-European language. Possibly
native Italians.
12 main city states with shared religious festivals. Huge importers of
Greek pottery.
Augury and liver reading.
Lictors who carrier fasces.
,● Livy. Answer: 29BC
wrote about Romulus and Remus centuries after they happened
Ends his first book at the start of the republic
Used exemplum
● Fabius Pictor. Answer: First Roman historian
Influences Livy.
● Exemplum. Answer: Examples from history to live by.
● Tarquinius Superbus. Answer: Last king of ancient Rome. Kept power
by executing rival aristocrats.
Superbus means arrogant
Built temple to Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva called Jupiter Optimus
Maximus
Corvee Labor
Son raped Lucretia overcome by Brutus
● Romulus. Answer: Most likely wasn't real
, Founder of Rome.
Killed brother
Rape of the Sabine women and offers asylum to populate Rome.
Mars said to be his father.
Deified after death.
● Tria Nomina. Answer: praenomen, nomen, cognomen
Praenomen initial
Nomen family name
Cognomen could be inheritable
Women only had nomen
● Roman Republic. Answer: Starts in Archaic/Classical Age into the
Hellenistic Age.
509-31BC
● Roman Monarchy. Answer: Archaic Age. 753-509 BCE
● Polybius. Answer: Greek prisoner of war. Hellenistic Historian that
wrote to explain how Rome conquered the world.
Wrote about powers of Senate.
● The Forum. Answer: Rome's public meeting place
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● Proto-Indo-European. Answer: 2000-5000 BC language that was the
ancestor of all Indo-European languages.
Jupiter and Zeus same PIE god
● Latins. Answer: Latin speakers. Linguistic rather than political group.
Rome is one of the Latin people.
● Magna Graecia. Answer: The areas in southern Italy and Sicily where
many Greek colonies were established.
● Etruscans. Answer: Non-Proto-Indo-European language. Possibly
native Italians.
12 main city states with shared religious festivals. Huge importers of
Greek pottery.
Augury and liver reading.
Lictors who carrier fasces.
,● Livy. Answer: 29BC
wrote about Romulus and Remus centuries after they happened
Ends his first book at the start of the republic
Used exemplum
● Fabius Pictor. Answer: First Roman historian
Influences Livy.
● Exemplum. Answer: Examples from history to live by.
● Tarquinius Superbus. Answer: Last king of ancient Rome. Kept power
by executing rival aristocrats.
Superbus means arrogant
Built temple to Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva called Jupiter Optimus
Maximus
Corvee Labor
Son raped Lucretia overcome by Brutus
● Romulus. Answer: Most likely wasn't real
, Founder of Rome.
Killed brother
Rape of the Sabine women and offers asylum to populate Rome.
Mars said to be his father.
Deified after death.
● Tria Nomina. Answer: praenomen, nomen, cognomen
Praenomen initial
Nomen family name
Cognomen could be inheritable
Women only had nomen
● Roman Republic. Answer: Starts in Archaic/Classical Age into the
Hellenistic Age.
509-31BC
● Roman Monarchy. Answer: Archaic Age. 753-509 BCE
● Polybius. Answer: Greek prisoner of war. Hellenistic Historian that
wrote to explain how Rome conquered the world.
Wrote about powers of Senate.
● The Forum. Answer: Rome's public meeting place
