CLST 2102 Exam Questions With Complete Solutions
1. How did plains people differ politically from hill people?
Correct Answers 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
10. Be ready to define the terms: Correct Answers 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
100. With which people was Veii associated and when did the
Romans destroy it? Correct Answers Etruscans, Rome's chief
rival, 396 BC
101. In what year was Rome sacked and by which people?
Correct Answers 390 BC, Gauls, celtic people, Gallic Sack of
Rome
102. What stopped the enemy from taking the Romans' last
defensive position in the city? Correct Answers Saved by
sacred geese
103. What did the Romans do to prevent such a disaster from
happening again? Correct Answers Built the Servian Wall
104. Who fought the Romans at the Caudine Forks, in which
year, and what happened? Correct Answers Samnites, 343 BC,
Peace terms of 341 indicate that neither side won a clear victory
,105. What change to their army are the Romans said to have
made as a result in the 4th century? Correct Answers Adopt
manipular formation and tactics
106. What was the significance of the battle of Sentinum and in
what year was it fought? Correct Answers Devotion of Publius
Decius Mus, Samnites became socii (allies), 295 BC
107. What is a "Pyrrhic victory"? Correct Answers Victory
with such devastating costs to the victor that it carries the
implication that another such victory will ultimately cause defeat
108. For what other reason is Pyrrhus best known? Correct
Answers King of Epirus, One of Rome's strongest opponents,
Subject of one of Plutarch's Parallel Lives
109. Where was Carthage located? Correct Answers Ninety
miles of water away from Sicily
11. How did Romulus first attract people to his city? Correct
Answers Declared Rome an assylum
110. What was the serious division in their society? Correct
Answers Aristocratis republic with quarreling mercantile and
agricultural factions
111. How did the makeup of their army differ from Rome's?
Correct Answers -Powerful navy, Mercenary army-few citizen
troops
, 112. What were the dates of the First Punic War? Correct
Answers 264-241 BC
113. What was Rome's great military development in this war?
Correct Answers Rome becomes a naval power
114. What was a corvus? Correct Answers A boarding device
like a bridge
115. What undermined the Carthaginian war effort Correct
Answers Internal rivalries
116. What were the dates of the Second Punic War? Correct
Answers 218-201 BC
117. What was Hannibal's strategy in this war? Correct
Answers "one front" war in Italy, wreck roman system of allies
118. What tactics did Fabius Maximus, Cunctator, employ
against Hannibal? Correct Answers Indirect wearing down,
harassing the enemy and disrupting their supply affecting their
morale
119. Know the years and significance of the battles of Cannae
and Zama. Correct Answers Cannae August 2, 216 BC,
Hannibal victorious. Zama 202, Hannibal defeated, harsh terms
of peace
12. What did he do to ensure a permanent population? Correct
Answers Requested to acquire the daughters of neighboring
towns, Rape of the sabines
1. How did plains people differ politically from hill people?
Correct Answers 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
10. Be ready to define the terms: Correct Answers 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
100. With which people was Veii associated and when did the
Romans destroy it? Correct Answers Etruscans, Rome's chief
rival, 396 BC
101. In what year was Rome sacked and by which people?
Correct Answers 390 BC, Gauls, celtic people, Gallic Sack of
Rome
102. What stopped the enemy from taking the Romans' last
defensive position in the city? Correct Answers Saved by
sacred geese
103. What did the Romans do to prevent such a disaster from
happening again? Correct Answers Built the Servian Wall
104. Who fought the Romans at the Caudine Forks, in which
year, and what happened? Correct Answers Samnites, 343 BC,
Peace terms of 341 indicate that neither side won a clear victory
,105. What change to their army are the Romans said to have
made as a result in the 4th century? Correct Answers Adopt
manipular formation and tactics
106. What was the significance of the battle of Sentinum and in
what year was it fought? Correct Answers Devotion of Publius
Decius Mus, Samnites became socii (allies), 295 BC
107. What is a "Pyrrhic victory"? Correct Answers Victory
with such devastating costs to the victor that it carries the
implication that another such victory will ultimately cause defeat
108. For what other reason is Pyrrhus best known? Correct
Answers King of Epirus, One of Rome's strongest opponents,
Subject of one of Plutarch's Parallel Lives
109. Where was Carthage located? Correct Answers Ninety
miles of water away from Sicily
11. How did Romulus first attract people to his city? Correct
Answers Declared Rome an assylum
110. What was the serious division in their society? Correct
Answers Aristocratis republic with quarreling mercantile and
agricultural factions
111. How did the makeup of their army differ from Rome's?
Correct Answers -Powerful navy, Mercenary army-few citizen
troops
, 112. What were the dates of the First Punic War? Correct
Answers 264-241 BC
113. What was Rome's great military development in this war?
Correct Answers Rome becomes a naval power
114. What was a corvus? Correct Answers A boarding device
like a bridge
115. What undermined the Carthaginian war effort Correct
Answers Internal rivalries
116. What were the dates of the Second Punic War? Correct
Answers 218-201 BC
117. What was Hannibal's strategy in this war? Correct
Answers "one front" war in Italy, wreck roman system of allies
118. What tactics did Fabius Maximus, Cunctator, employ
against Hannibal? Correct Answers Indirect wearing down,
harassing the enemy and disrupting their supply affecting their
morale
119. Know the years and significance of the battles of Cannae
and Zama. Correct Answers Cannae August 2, 216 BC,
Hannibal victorious. Zama 202, Hannibal defeated, harsh terms
of peace
12. What did he do to ensure a permanent population? Correct
Answers Requested to acquire the daughters of neighboring
towns, Rape of the sabines
