ROMAN CIVILIZATION
MIDTERM RUTGERS
questions and answers
2025
EMPEROR AUGUSTUS - answer Was the first to
make ADULTERY a public crime.
CENSORS - answer Responsible for
-registering Roman citizens
-performing the ritual purification of the state
-letting out contracts
TWO CONSULS - answer Replaced the monarchy
when the Romans expelled their kings.
CONSILIUM - answer is the standard Latin word for
"advisory council"
THE SENATE - answer -a body of ex-magistrates
-a consilium for magistrates
,-a body of 300 down to the early first century
-an institution found only in the monarchical or
regal era of Rome
PROSTITUTES - answer wore togas in ancient Rome
PRINCIPATE - answer is a term attached to the
EMPIRE period of Roman history.
PRINCEPS - answer is another name for 'EMPEROR'
CLOACA MAXIMA - answer the name of Rome's
main sewer
URBAN ROME had - answer -running water to elite
homes
-grassy areas for leisure sports
-houses in danger of collapse
-houses at risk of fire
POMERIUM - answer -the site of the old city wall of
Rome
-deemed a sacred boundary
-divided Rome's civil and military spheres.
, MANUMISSIO - answer the release of a slave from
the power of his or her master
GREECE AND GREEK EAST - answer provided most
of Rome's medical practitioners
AUGURS - answer had the least in common with
gladiators
AMPHITHEATER - answer where you would most
likely see gladiatorial combat
NOVUS HOMO - answer a man whose ancestors had
never held the office for which he was running
PLEBS - answer does not include patricians
NOBILES "well known" - answer a term reserved for
those who could point to one or more ancestors in
male line who had held highest office
The SALUTATIO ("salute") - answer was a ritual that
acknowledged publicly and regularly patrons'
superiority and control over clients
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