CLST 2102 Test 1 Exam Questions and
Answers Graded A+
What advantages did early rome location have? - Correct answer-
What did cicero say about Rome's location - Correct answer-It was very favorable.
It was up the river, not at the mouth of the river on the sea. Sea front cities are
usually overcome because they are easily attacked.
What mountain ranges formed the spine of italy - Correct answer-Apennines
How did plains people differ from the mountain people - Correct answer-Mountain
people were nomadic and primitive, while plains people were stationary and
formed villages.
Why are our literary sources about the monarchy problematic? - Correct answer-
Not reliable, written over 500 years after and written more for literacy enjoyment,
not for history.
What made Aeneas appealing as one of the founders of rome? - Correct answer-He
is the son of Venus, he has the divine cultural factor. He was destined to rule the
Trojans.
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,Where did Aeneas come from? - Correct answer-Troy
Who was Aeneas's divine parent? - Correct answer-Venus
What was Aeneas's most important quality and what image captured this? - Correct
answer-His pietas (devotion to family, gods, and country) Aeneas flees burning
Troy.
What is the traditional date for the founding of rome? - Correct answer-753 B.C.
Who was the divine parent for Romulus and Remus? - Correct answer-Mars
What threat did Remus and Romulus survive as infants and how did they do it? -
Correct answer-Amulius orders them to be killed and they are saved through divine
aid. They were put on a flooded part of the river. The river receded to dry land and
the babies were saved. She wolf came by and nursed them.
How was the naming of Rome decided? - Correct answer-Romulus killed Remus
What notable thing happened when Rome was founded, and what was thought to
be the legacy of this event? - Correct answer-A curse was put on Rome.
Virtus - Correct answer-Manly excellence
Pietas - Correct answer-Devotion to family, gods, and country.
Dignitas - Correct answer-Reputation for worth- the honor or esteem one enjoys
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, Auctoritas - Correct answer-The Power that comes from respect.
How did Romulus first try to attract people to his city? - Correct answer-Naming
Rome an asylum. A safe place for a new start
What did he do to ensure a permanent population? - Correct answer-Rape of the
Sabines
How was the war that followed stopped? - Correct answer-The women stopped the
war between the Sabines and the Romans
What happened to Romulus at the end of his life? - Correct answer-A violent storm
came while Romulus was giving a speech to his army on a hill top. The storm
became so violent the troops couldn't see Romulus through it, when the storm
lifted, Romulus was gone. It was believed that he became a god in the storm, most
likely he was assassinated by his senate.
What is Tarpeia's story? - Correct answer-She tried to betray troops in the war
between the Sabines and Romans and she was crushed under troops shields as a
punishment.
For what is Numa Pompilius known? - Correct answer-King of Rome, a sabine,
was famous for Rome's religion basis: priesthoods, vestal virgins, cults,
instructions, calendars.
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Answers Graded A+
What advantages did early rome location have? - Correct answer-
What did cicero say about Rome's location - Correct answer-It was very favorable.
It was up the river, not at the mouth of the river on the sea. Sea front cities are
usually overcome because they are easily attacked.
What mountain ranges formed the spine of italy - Correct answer-Apennines
How did plains people differ from the mountain people - Correct answer-Mountain
people were nomadic and primitive, while plains people were stationary and
formed villages.
Why are our literary sources about the monarchy problematic? - Correct answer-
Not reliable, written over 500 years after and written more for literacy enjoyment,
not for history.
What made Aeneas appealing as one of the founders of rome? - Correct answer-He
is the son of Venus, he has the divine cultural factor. He was destined to rule the
Trojans.
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,Where did Aeneas come from? - Correct answer-Troy
Who was Aeneas's divine parent? - Correct answer-Venus
What was Aeneas's most important quality and what image captured this? - Correct
answer-His pietas (devotion to family, gods, and country) Aeneas flees burning
Troy.
What is the traditional date for the founding of rome? - Correct answer-753 B.C.
Who was the divine parent for Romulus and Remus? - Correct answer-Mars
What threat did Remus and Romulus survive as infants and how did they do it? -
Correct answer-Amulius orders them to be killed and they are saved through divine
aid. They were put on a flooded part of the river. The river receded to dry land and
the babies were saved. She wolf came by and nursed them.
How was the naming of Rome decided? - Correct answer-Romulus killed Remus
What notable thing happened when Rome was founded, and what was thought to
be the legacy of this event? - Correct answer-A curse was put on Rome.
Virtus - Correct answer-Manly excellence
Pietas - Correct answer-Devotion to family, gods, and country.
Dignitas - Correct answer-Reputation for worth- the honor or esteem one enjoys
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, Auctoritas - Correct answer-The Power that comes from respect.
How did Romulus first try to attract people to his city? - Correct answer-Naming
Rome an asylum. A safe place for a new start
What did he do to ensure a permanent population? - Correct answer-Rape of the
Sabines
How was the war that followed stopped? - Correct answer-The women stopped the
war between the Sabines and the Romans
What happened to Romulus at the end of his life? - Correct answer-A violent storm
came while Romulus was giving a speech to his army on a hill top. The storm
became so violent the troops couldn't see Romulus through it, when the storm
lifted, Romulus was gone. It was believed that he became a god in the storm, most
likely he was assassinated by his senate.
What is Tarpeia's story? - Correct answer-She tried to betray troops in the war
between the Sabines and Romans and she was crushed under troops shields as a
punishment.
For what is Numa Pompilius known? - Correct answer-King of Rome, a sabine,
was famous for Rome's religion basis: priesthoods, vestal virgins, cults,
instructions, calendars.
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