CLST 2102 Exam 1 Questions and
Answers Graded A+
Why are our literary sources for the history of Rome during the monarchy
problematic? - Correct answer-"an old story with a few facts" and unreliable,
distorted facts due to oral tradition, drinking songs, patriotism, personal agenda,
and fictional gaps
What made Aeneas appealing as one of the founders of the Romans? - Correct
answer-epic hero from Trojan war and Pietas; devotion to family, gods, and
country
Who was Aeneas' divine parent? - Correct answer-goddess Venus
What was Aeneas' most important quality and what famous image captured that? -
Correct answer-Divine mission and pietas and vergil
What is the traditional date (year only) for the founding of Rome? - Correct
answer-753 BC
Who was the divine parent of Romulus and Remus? - Correct answer-goddess
Mars
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,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
How was the naming of Rome decided? - Correct answer-Romulus named it after
himself
Virtus - Correct answer-manly excellence (strength, courage, discipline)
Pietas - Correct answer-devotion to family, gods, and country
Dignitas - Correct answer-reputation for worth (honor esteem)
Auctoritas - Correct answer-power that comes from respect
How did Romulus first attract people to his city? - Correct answer-declared Rome
an assylum
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
What river flows through Rome? - Correct answer-Tiber River
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
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, 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
soldiers, she offered to betray her city and open the gate if they gave her all of their
wrist ornaments, crushed by the soldiers' shields
For what is Numa Pompilius known? - Correct answer-established a framework of
roman state religion, established a vestal virgins
How did Numa give extra authority to his actions? - Correct answer-visions of
talking to a nymph at night
What is the story of the Horatii and Curatii? - Correct answer-two sets of triplet
brothers; during reign of Tullus Hostilius and war between Rome and Alba Long,
agreed that settlement of the dispute would depend on the outcome of a battle
between two families; one horatii brother won the fight and killed a curiatii
betrothed and said "so perish any roman who mourns the enemy"
How did Rome change physically in the 7th and 6th centuries? - Correct answer-
earthmoving project raises the level of the city by up to 6 ft; forum was drained
and paved; temples and stone atrium style houses were built
What is our best source of information about the Etruscans? - Correct answer-their
tombs
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Answers Graded A+
Why are our literary sources for the history of Rome during the monarchy
problematic? - Correct answer-"an old story with a few facts" and unreliable,
distorted facts due to oral tradition, drinking songs, patriotism, personal agenda,
and fictional gaps
What made Aeneas appealing as one of the founders of the Romans? - Correct
answer-epic hero from Trojan war and Pietas; devotion to family, gods, and
country
Who was Aeneas' divine parent? - Correct answer-goddess Venus
What was Aeneas' most important quality and what famous image captured that? -
Correct answer-Divine mission and pietas and vergil
What is the traditional date (year only) for the founding of Rome? - Correct
answer-753 BC
Who was the divine parent of Romulus and Remus? - Correct answer-goddess
Mars
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,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
How was the naming of Rome decided? - Correct answer-Romulus named it after
himself
Virtus - Correct answer-manly excellence (strength, courage, discipline)
Pietas - Correct answer-devotion to family, gods, and country
Dignitas - Correct answer-reputation for worth (honor esteem)
Auctoritas - Correct answer-power that comes from respect
How did Romulus first attract people to his city? - Correct answer-declared Rome
an assylum
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
What river flows through Rome? - Correct answer-Tiber River
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
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, 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
soldiers, she offered to betray her city and open the gate if they gave her all of their
wrist ornaments, crushed by the soldiers' shields
For what is Numa Pompilius known? - Correct answer-established a framework of
roman state religion, established a vestal virgins
How did Numa give extra authority to his actions? - Correct answer-visions of
talking to a nymph at night
What is the story of the Horatii and Curatii? - Correct answer-two sets of triplet
brothers; during reign of Tullus Hostilius and war between Rome and Alba Long,
agreed that settlement of the dispute would depend on the outcome of a battle
between two families; one horatii brother won the fight and killed a curiatii
betrothed and said "so perish any roman who mourns the enemy"
How did Rome change physically in the 7th and 6th centuries? - Correct answer-
earthmoving project raises the level of the city by up to 6 ft; forum was drained
and paved; temples and stone atrium style houses were built
What is our best source of information about the Etruscans? - Correct answer-their
tombs
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