ROME 250  MIDTERM REVIEW : Exam in class Tuesday February 9

 Bring bluebooks/greenbooks.  Please write clearly and legibly.  If you use pencil,
be sure to write strongly enough to  make the exam readable. 

Exam will be in four parts.

Part I.  Time Line:  be able to identify the major dates listed below

Part II.  Objective questions (multiple choice or fill in the blanks) – basic factual information
                             about central events, places or individuals.

Part III. Identification of images and terms: choice of  4 out of 8 (2 visual, 2 regular).
            ID’s (whether visual or other) require you to explain who or what the
            image represents or what the term refers to, its approximate date, and in particular
            what its significance is --  Basically:  WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY?

          Within the time available, you should explain as much as you can about the
          person, object or term. 
ID’s should provide a substantial  paragraph, written in
          several full sentences.  Answers providing more detail   will receive more
          credit than shorter, less developed answers. Tell us what you know.

Part IV   Essay question: choice of one out of two or three (see below)

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Part I:  Time Line Quiz: see Atlas pp. 8-11 for overview, not for memorization
                               (also include dates in ID's when you know them)                 
We will ask you to identify dates for major events and turning points, specifically:

Foundation of City of Rome                     753 BCE    (legendary)
Founding of Republic                              510 BCE
Punic Wars                                           264-146 BCE
Julius Caesar                                         d. 44 BCE
Augustus  (reign)                                   31 BCE – 14 CE (AD)
Aurelian Wall                                         271 CE (AD)
Diocletian’s Tetrarchy                             284-305 CE (AD)
Constantine:                                                       
   Battle of Milvian Bridge                        312                             
  move to Constantinople                        320
Sack of Rome (by Alaric the Visigoth)     410
“Fall” of Roman Empire in the West        476

Part II: Objective  Questions: Multiple choice
                           
These will be basic knowledge questions from lectures.

Part III: Identifications (all IDs on the exam will be taken from the following lists)

A.  Visual IDs:     See Lecture Power Point Slides and Midterm Slide Review.

Etruscan Husband & Wife Sarcophagus (R2, wk 1, Tansey and Kleiner 189)
Roman Hut Urn (Atlas 21)
Ara Pacis (R2, wk. 3, Ramage, 116-123; Atlas 39)
Forum of Augustus, Temple of Mars Ultor (R2, wk 3, Ramage, 101-105, diagram on web site)
Augustus of Prima Porta (R2, wk. 3, Ramage, 111-113, Atlas 46)
Domus Aurea/Golden House (R2, wk 4, Kleiner 116-118, diagram on web site)
Colosseum (R2, wk 4, Kleiner 127-129, Atlas 82-83)
Pantheon (R2, wk 4, Kleiner 219-222, Atlas 65, 68)                                                                                       
Roman baths / Baths of Caracalla (R2, wk 4, Kleiner, 242-245)
Arch of Constantine (R2, wk 5, Kleiner 294-296)
Statue of Constantine (R2, wk 5,  Kleiner 292-293e)
Old St. Peter’s Basilica (R2, wk 5, Kleiner 299-301,)
Catacombs (R2, wk 5, Kleiner 301-302)

                                       
B.  Names and Terms 

Aeneas                                       Julius Caesar                        
Lares and Penates                      Augustus 
Romulus                                     Julio-Claudian succession          Constantine      
Numa Pompilius                          Aeneid                                        Council of  Nicea
Palatine                                       Nero                                           Constantinople         
Tarquin Kings                              Trajan                                        St. Augustine
Lucretia                                       Hadrian                                      City of  God                       
Brutus                                          Senate                                      Stoicism 
Patricians &Plebians                   Diocletian                                   Tetrarchy       

   

Part IV:  Essay Topic will draw on major themes of the course, such as:      

                  founding legends and successive “refoundings” of the city

                  basic political structures  of the Roman state

                  relationship of Roman family values to Roman political values (eg pietas, virtus)

                  central political figures of republic & empire

                  religious changes: household religion, religion of state, Christianity

                  art:  how does Roman art reflect Roman values?
                         what different values are reflected by Christian art?

                  Rome as palimpsest: layers of historical time in a single place
                         how is the physical site of Rome invested with different meanings over time?