CLC 103 Hame Ole Miss Final Exam questions
and answers with solutions
What two major cultures have been covered in this course and define Classical Antiquity? -
Answer Ancient Greek and Roman Culture
What is the date for the Roman Monarchy? - Answer 753 BCE - 509 BCE
What is the date for the Roman Republic? - Answer 509 BCE - 31 BCE
What is the date for the Roman Empire? - Answer 31 BCE - 476 CE
What are the four major limitations to the sources for women in antiquity? - Answer content,
context, creators, and audience.
Why is content limited for sources for women in antiquity? - Answer Generally not explicit
about women's experiences, we need to sift through stuff to find references to women
Who were the creators of sources for women in antiquity? - Answer Mostly adult men,
relatively high status, small number of known female authors
Who was the audience for sources for women in antiquity? - Answer Mostly for adult men with
relatively high status
What are the two primary sources and ancient authors for Rome's early histories and legends? -
Answer the Histories of the late 1st BCE-1st CE historian Livy; the 1st cent. BCE epic poem the
Aeneid by Virgil (Vergil)
,Who is Aeneas? - Answer -a Trojan who travelled to Italy from Troy with his father on his back,
where he became the ancestor of the Romans.
Who is Creusa? - Answer Aeneas' wife
Who is King Latinus? - Answer Aeneas defeats him in battle and they form a family alliance and
give him his daughter as a peace offering, King of Latium
Who is Lavinia? - Answer Latinus' daughter
Who is Alban King Numitor? - Answer has a daughter Rhea Silvia, overthrown by his brother
Amulius who makes his daughter a priestess of vesta
Who is Rhea Silvia? - Answer Vestal virgin, raped by Mars which produces Romulus and Remus
Who is She-wolf? - Answer rescues Romulus and Remus from the river and takes care of the
children
Who is Shepherd Faustulus? - Answer takes the children from the she-wolf and bring them to
his wife Acca Larentia where they are raised
Who is Acca Larentia? - Answer wife of Shepard Faustulus, raises Romulus and Remus
Romulus & Remus - Answer Founders of Rome
Who are the Sabine women? - Answer Raped by Roman men and taken from their parents,
marry Roman men and become the mothers of freedmen.
, What does this coin show - Answer The Rape of the Sabine Women
What is the date for the Etruscan Iron Age? - Answer ca.1000 BCE-700 BCE
What is the date for the Etruscan Historical Period? - Answer ca. 700 BCE-90 BCE
grave goods from the Regolini-Galassi Tomb, Cerveteri, ca. 650 BCE. - Answer
What does this image represent for the social structure for Etruscan artistocrats? - Answer It
was egalitarian
Who is Tanaquil? - Answer She was the wife of Tarquin I, the 5th king of Rome
What is Tanaquil's social status? - Answer She has high social status as evidenced by her
expensive grave goods
Does Tanaquil have political and prophetic skills? - Answer She has prophetic and political
powers, because she is a twice king-maker, and interprets an eagle omen as tarquin becoming
king, her son Servius Tulius becomes king after she organizes his succession after her husband's
death
What is the story of the matrona Lucretia? - Answer Lucretia, a noblewoman, was raped by
Sextus Tarquinius, the son of the last king of Rome. As a result, Lucius Junius Brutus took an
oath to expel the Tarquinius from Rome and never to allow anyone else to reign. ultimately led
to the end of the Roman monarchy and the start of the Roman Republican
Who raped Lucretia? - Answer Sextus Tarquinius
and answers with solutions
What two major cultures have been covered in this course and define Classical Antiquity? -
Answer Ancient Greek and Roman Culture
What is the date for the Roman Monarchy? - Answer 753 BCE - 509 BCE
What is the date for the Roman Republic? - Answer 509 BCE - 31 BCE
What is the date for the Roman Empire? - Answer 31 BCE - 476 CE
What are the four major limitations to the sources for women in antiquity? - Answer content,
context, creators, and audience.
Why is content limited for sources for women in antiquity? - Answer Generally not explicit
about women's experiences, we need to sift through stuff to find references to women
Who were the creators of sources for women in antiquity? - Answer Mostly adult men,
relatively high status, small number of known female authors
Who was the audience for sources for women in antiquity? - Answer Mostly for adult men with
relatively high status
What are the two primary sources and ancient authors for Rome's early histories and legends? -
Answer the Histories of the late 1st BCE-1st CE historian Livy; the 1st cent. BCE epic poem the
Aeneid by Virgil (Vergil)
,Who is Aeneas? - Answer -a Trojan who travelled to Italy from Troy with his father on his back,
where he became the ancestor of the Romans.
Who is Creusa? - Answer Aeneas' wife
Who is King Latinus? - Answer Aeneas defeats him in battle and they form a family alliance and
give him his daughter as a peace offering, King of Latium
Who is Lavinia? - Answer Latinus' daughter
Who is Alban King Numitor? - Answer has a daughter Rhea Silvia, overthrown by his brother
Amulius who makes his daughter a priestess of vesta
Who is Rhea Silvia? - Answer Vestal virgin, raped by Mars which produces Romulus and Remus
Who is She-wolf? - Answer rescues Romulus and Remus from the river and takes care of the
children
Who is Shepherd Faustulus? - Answer takes the children from the she-wolf and bring them to
his wife Acca Larentia where they are raised
Who is Acca Larentia? - Answer wife of Shepard Faustulus, raises Romulus and Remus
Romulus & Remus - Answer Founders of Rome
Who are the Sabine women? - Answer Raped by Roman men and taken from their parents,
marry Roman men and become the mothers of freedmen.
, What does this coin show - Answer The Rape of the Sabine Women
What is the date for the Etruscan Iron Age? - Answer ca.1000 BCE-700 BCE
What is the date for the Etruscan Historical Period? - Answer ca. 700 BCE-90 BCE
grave goods from the Regolini-Galassi Tomb, Cerveteri, ca. 650 BCE. - Answer
What does this image represent for the social structure for Etruscan artistocrats? - Answer It
was egalitarian
Who is Tanaquil? - Answer She was the wife of Tarquin I, the 5th king of Rome
What is Tanaquil's social status? - Answer She has high social status as evidenced by her
expensive grave goods
Does Tanaquil have political and prophetic skills? - Answer She has prophetic and political
powers, because she is a twice king-maker, and interprets an eagle omen as tarquin becoming
king, her son Servius Tulius becomes king after she organizes his succession after her husband's
death
What is the story of the matrona Lucretia? - Answer Lucretia, a noblewoman, was raped by
Sextus Tarquinius, the son of the last king of Rome. As a result, Lucius Junius Brutus took an
oath to expel the Tarquinius from Rome and never to allow anyone else to reign. ultimately led
to the end of the Roman monarchy and the start of the Roman Republican
Who raped Lucretia? - Answer Sextus Tarquinius
