Louisiana State University Fall 2014
CLST 2102 Test 1 with complete
solutions latest 2025
About what percentage of Italy South of the Po is plain [i.e. not mountains or hills]? -
correct answer7%
How did plains people differ politically from hill people? - correct answer-plains:
Politically autonomous city-state ruled by citizens..they make and enforce they laws
-hill: tribal with less complex political structure
What advantages did Rome's did location have? - correct answer-Mid mediterranean =
more agricultural production
-means more food = more people = larger armies
-access to major rivers and ports
-lowland plain good for land communications
-hills give protection from foes..river conveinent
Why are our literary sources for the history of Rome during the monarchy problematic? -
correct answer-Most sources written much after the events
-earliest accounts written by greeks in 4th n 3rd
-Writers filled the gaps with fiction
-history was a genre to edify and entertain
What made Aeneas appealing as one of the founders of the Romans? From where did
he come? Who was his divine parent? - correct answer-epic Trojan War hero but not a
greek
-came from Troy, Venus is divine parent
What was Aeneas' most important quality and what famous image captured that? -
correct answer-pietas: devotion to family, gods, and country
-"Aeneas Flees Burning Troy...he carries his father holding the penates and guiding his
son..not wife
What is the traditional date (year only) for the founding of Rome? - correct answer753
BC
Who was the divine parent of Romulus and Remus? - correct answerMars
What threat did Romulus and Remus survive as infants, and how? - correct answer-they
were exposed and put in river to drown
-cradle floated to dry land, she-wolf nurtured them
-then king's flock-master Faustulus gave kids to his wife Larentia (maybe she-wolf..cuz
she was unchaste)
, Louisiana State University Fall 2014
CLST 2102 Test 1 with complete
solutions latest 2025
How was the naming of Rome decided? - correct answer-Romulus killed his brother, so
it was named after him
What notable thing happened when Rome was founded, and what was thought to be
the legacy of this event? - correct answer...
What do the terms virtus, pietas, dignitas, and auctoritas mean? - correct answer-
virtus:manly excellence (strength, courage, honor)
-pietas:devotion to family, gods, country
-dignitas:reputation for worth;ones honor or esteem
-auctoritas:power from respect; prestige
How did Romulus first try to attract people to his city? - correct answer-Declared Rome
an asylum..safe place..
-only bough criminals and creeps
What did Romulus do to ensure a permanent population? Who stopped the war that
followed? - correct answer-Rape of sabines: had people come for religious party with no
weapons..then they took the women and impregnated them
-The women
What happened to Romulus at the end of his life? - correct answer-established the
senate
-fought wars against neighbors
-disappeared in cloud..some say made a god..others say the senators killed him..Julius
Proculus said Romulus was a god.
What is Tarpeia's story? - correct answer-King of sabines bribed Spurius Tarpeius'
daughter to let his troops in, so she did
-then they crushed her to death under their shields
-either to show that the citadel was taken by assault, or to leave a warning for traitors
For what is Numa Pompilius known? - correct answer-Sabine, man of peace who
established framework of Roman state religion: priesthoods, Vestal Virgins, cults,
instructions, calendar
How did Numa give extra authority to his actions? - correct answer-pertended he had
nocturnal interviews with the nymph Egeria
What is the basic story of the Horatii and Curiatii? - correct answer-3 brothers vs 3
brothers..to stop war
CLST 2102 Test 1 with complete
solutions latest 2025
About what percentage of Italy South of the Po is plain [i.e. not mountains or hills]? -
correct answer7%
How did plains people differ politically from hill people? - correct answer-plains:
Politically autonomous city-state ruled by citizens..they make and enforce they laws
-hill: tribal with less complex political structure
What advantages did Rome's did location have? - correct answer-Mid mediterranean =
more agricultural production
-means more food = more people = larger armies
-access to major rivers and ports
-lowland plain good for land communications
-hills give protection from foes..river conveinent
Why are our literary sources for the history of Rome during the monarchy problematic? -
correct answer-Most sources written much after the events
-earliest accounts written by greeks in 4th n 3rd
-Writers filled the gaps with fiction
-history was a genre to edify and entertain
What made Aeneas appealing as one of the founders of the Romans? From where did
he come? Who was his divine parent? - correct answer-epic Trojan War hero but not a
greek
-came from Troy, Venus is divine parent
What was Aeneas' most important quality and what famous image captured that? -
correct answer-pietas: devotion to family, gods, and country
-"Aeneas Flees Burning Troy...he carries his father holding the penates and guiding his
son..not wife
What is the traditional date (year only) for the founding of Rome? - correct answer753
BC
Who was the divine parent of Romulus and Remus? - correct answerMars
What threat did Romulus and Remus survive as infants, and how? - correct answer-they
were exposed and put in river to drown
-cradle floated to dry land, she-wolf nurtured them
-then king's flock-master Faustulus gave kids to his wife Larentia (maybe she-wolf..cuz
she was unchaste)
, Louisiana State University Fall 2014
CLST 2102 Test 1 with complete
solutions latest 2025
How was the naming of Rome decided? - correct answer-Romulus killed his brother, so
it was named after him
What notable thing happened when Rome was founded, and what was thought to be
the legacy of this event? - correct answer...
What do the terms virtus, pietas, dignitas, and auctoritas mean? - correct answer-
virtus:manly excellence (strength, courage, honor)
-pietas:devotion to family, gods, country
-dignitas:reputation for worth;ones honor or esteem
-auctoritas:power from respect; prestige
How did Romulus first try to attract people to his city? - correct answer-Declared Rome
an asylum..safe place..
-only bough criminals and creeps
What did Romulus do to ensure a permanent population? Who stopped the war that
followed? - correct answer-Rape of sabines: had people come for religious party with no
weapons..then they took the women and impregnated them
-The women
What happened to Romulus at the end of his life? - correct answer-established the
senate
-fought wars against neighbors
-disappeared in cloud..some say made a god..others say the senators killed him..Julius
Proculus said Romulus was a god.
What is Tarpeia's story? - correct answer-King of sabines bribed Spurius Tarpeius'
daughter to let his troops in, so she did
-then they crushed her to death under their shields
-either to show that the citadel was taken by assault, or to leave a warning for traitors
For what is Numa Pompilius known? - correct answer-Sabine, man of peace who
established framework of Roman state religion: priesthoods, Vestal Virgins, cults,
instructions, calendar
How did Numa give extra authority to his actions? - correct answer-pertended he had
nocturnal interviews with the nymph Egeria
What is the basic story of the Horatii and Curiatii? - correct answer-3 brothers vs 3
brothers..to stop war
