CLST 2102 Exam Questions and Answers
Graded A+
1. How did plains people differ politically from hill people? - Correct answer-The
hill people were more tribal and had a less complex political structure. The plains
people were politically autonomous city-state ruled by the citizens
2. What percentage of Italy south of the Po is plain? - Correct answer-7%
2. What made Aeneas appealing as one of the founders of the Romans? - Correct
answer-Epic hero from Trojan war. Pietas: devotion to family, gods, and country
2.Where did Aeneas come from? - Correct answer-Troy
3. Who was the divine parent of Aenease? - Correct answer-goddess Venus
4. What was his most important quality and what famous image captured that? -
Correct answer-Divine mission and pietas, Vergil
5. What is the traditional date (year only) for the founding of Rome? - Correct
answer-753 BC
Who was his divine parent of Romulus and Remus? - Correct answer-Mars
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,7. What threat did Romulus and Remus survive as infants, and how did they
survive it? - Correct answer-Amulius ordered them exposed to the Tiber River,
Divine aid in the form of a shewolf
8. How was the naming of Rome decided? - Correct answer-Romulus named it
after himself
9. How did Remus die (both explanations)? - Correct answer-Jumped over the wall
and killed by Romulus
10. Be ready to define the terms: - Correct answer-Virtus: manly excellence
(strength, courage, discipline) Pietas: devotion to family, gods, and country
Dignitas: reputation for worth (honor or esteem) auctoritas.: power that comes
from respect
11. How did Romulus first attract people to his city? - Correct answer-Declared
Rome an assylum
12. What did he do to ensure a permanent population? - Correct answer-Requested
to acquire the daughters of neighboring towns, Rape of the sabines
13. Who stopped the war that followed? - Correct answer-The women
13. What happened to Romulus at the end of his life? - Correct answer-He was
taken up to heaven and made a god
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, 13. What aspect of early Rome that has emerged from archaeology is reflected by
the stories of Aeneas and the Latins and Romulus and the Sabines? - Correct
answer-Women=civilization
14. What was early Roman housing like and what is our visual proof for that? -
Correct answer-People lived in thatched huts, Excavated foundations and post
holes
15. What in the archaeological record may underlie legends of the founding of -
Correct answer-...
16. How does the term "river city" relate to the development of Rome? - Correct
answer-Rome became wealthy through river trade, Greater wealth means greater
population and communication with more civilized places
17. Which river flows through Rome? - Correct answer-Tiber River
18. What type of society seems to have developed in the 9th and 8th centuries? -
Correct answer-Strong family groups (gentes) centered around important, warrior
males
19. What is Tarpeia's story? - Correct answer-Father was the guard of the citadel at
Rome, Often visited the public well outside the gates and talked with the sabine
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Graded A+
1. How did plains people differ politically from hill people? - Correct answer-The
hill people were more tribal and had a less complex political structure. The plains
people were politically autonomous city-state ruled by the citizens
2. What percentage of Italy south of the Po is plain? - Correct answer-7%
2. What made Aeneas appealing as one of the founders of the Romans? - Correct
answer-Epic hero from Trojan war. Pietas: devotion to family, gods, and country
2.Where did Aeneas come from? - Correct answer-Troy
3. Who was the divine parent of Aenease? - Correct answer-goddess Venus
4. What was his most important quality and what famous image captured that? -
Correct answer-Divine mission and pietas, Vergil
5. What is the traditional date (year only) for the founding of Rome? - Correct
answer-753 BC
Who was his divine parent of Romulus and Remus? - Correct answer-Mars
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,7. What threat did Romulus and Remus survive as infants, and how did they
survive it? - Correct answer-Amulius ordered them exposed to the Tiber River,
Divine aid in the form of a shewolf
8. How was the naming of Rome decided? - Correct answer-Romulus named it
after himself
9. How did Remus die (both explanations)? - Correct answer-Jumped over the wall
and killed by Romulus
10. Be ready to define the terms: - Correct answer-Virtus: manly excellence
(strength, courage, discipline) Pietas: devotion to family, gods, and country
Dignitas: reputation for worth (honor or esteem) auctoritas.: power that comes
from respect
11. How did Romulus first attract people to his city? - Correct answer-Declared
Rome an assylum
12. What did he do to ensure a permanent population? - Correct answer-Requested
to acquire the daughters of neighboring towns, Rape of the sabines
13. Who stopped the war that followed? - Correct answer-The women
13. What happened to Romulus at the end of his life? - Correct answer-He was
taken up to heaven and made a god
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, 13. What aspect of early Rome that has emerged from archaeology is reflected by
the stories of Aeneas and the Latins and Romulus and the Sabines? - Correct
answer-Women=civilization
14. What was early Roman housing like and what is our visual proof for that? -
Correct answer-People lived in thatched huts, Excavated foundations and post
holes
15. What in the archaeological record may underlie legends of the founding of -
Correct answer-...
16. How does the term "river city" relate to the development of Rome? - Correct
answer-Rome became wealthy through river trade, Greater wealth means greater
population and communication with more civilized places
17. Which river flows through Rome? - Correct answer-Tiber River
18. What type of society seems to have developed in the 9th and 8th centuries? -
Correct answer-Strong family groups (gentes) centered around important, warrior
males
19. What is Tarpeia's story? - Correct answer-Father was the guard of the citadel at
Rome, Often visited the public well outside the gates and talked with the sabine
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