Roman
Republican Government (notes
and Kebric, p. 9)
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Officials (consul, dictator, praetor, quaestor, aedile,and censor): know
the length of term & duties
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Senate: know membership (number, who is a member, & how one becomes
a member) & duties.
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Assemblies: collective duties as a unit
Tingay, These were the Romans (and
lecture notes)
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Chapter 5
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What were the problems that the Gracchi
were trying to address with their reforms?
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What were their solutions and what happened
to the Gracchi?
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What are the reforms of Marius and of
Sulla and why are they significant?
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Chapter 6
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How did Rome arrange the government of
those it conquered outside of Italy proper?
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How did the tax system work? Possibilities
for corruption?
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Chapter 9 (see
also Kebric, p. 9)
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What are the early steps in a typical
Republican Roman's career?
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Why is rhetoric/public speaking so important?
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For offices, see above, Roman Republican
Government
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How does one recoup the election expenses?
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Chapter 10
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Who was Catullus and what is his poetry
known for?
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Who was Lucretius, what is his poetry
and philosophy known for?
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What are the hallmarks of Cicero's style
in his speeches?
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What else did Cicero write?
Kebric, Roman People (and lecture
notes)
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Chapter 2
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For the Gracchi, see above
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Whom did Rome fight with at this time
(201-133 BC) and how did this affect the slave population?
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Slaves and Freedmen: How were they treated?
Their work, rights, etc?
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The Slave revolt in Sicily: Why did they
revolt? What happened? What significance?
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What is the significance of the revolt
of Spartacus or of the story of Larcius Macedo?
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Chapter 3
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What are the names of the two 'sides'
politically at this time and what are their positions?
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First Triumvirate: Members, why well known,
why join, what did they get, why break up?
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Caesar in control: his chief powers, reforms,
things he did that caused unrest?
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Why did the conspirators chose the moment
they did? Well planned?
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Antony: his office at Caesars death, what
did he do then?
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Chapter 4
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Prior to Caesar's death:
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What is Cleo's background?
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What is Cleo's situation prior to Caesar's
coming to Egypt?
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Why did Ptolemy kill Pompey? Good move
or bad and why?
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How did Cleo and Caesar use each other?
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Why did Caesar name Octavian his heir
and adopt him?
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After Caesar's death:
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Why did Octavian join forces with Antony?
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The Second Triumvirate: who were they,
what rights/powers did the Senate 'give' them, what tasks were in from
of them, what happened to Lepidus?
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Antony's Parthian campaign: why was Egypt
important, what was the campaign's results and importance?
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The Final Conflict:
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How did Octavian sway public opinion at
Rome against Antony? Where did Octavian defeat Antony?
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What happened in the end to Antony, Cleo,
and the various children?
Republican Literature:
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Lucretius:
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What does Lucretius say one must do to achieve happiness?
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What does superstition cause people to do?
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What does Lucretius say the "First Principles" are?
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Why is the "swerve" important?
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What does Lucretius say that "Spirit" is composed of?
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What conclusion does he draw about death then?
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What is Lucretius view on love and women?
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Cicero:
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What objections does Cicero raise to Epicurean, which Lucretius expounded,
philosophy in regard to:
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their physics
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their aim in life, i.e. pleasure or happiness
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What does Cicero say is the Stoic view on:
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physics and astronomy, pp. 150?152
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citizenship, pp. 168
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importance of virtue, pp. 151?152, 167?168
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What is Cicero's view on the mos maiorum
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For Catullus, see above.
Possible Essay Topics:
Republic to Empire:
The time period from 133 to 31 BC is a time when certain individual
Romans played a key role in the development and transformation of the state.
Discuss. Recall that these individuals include the Gracchi, Marius and
Sulla, the first triumvirate, the conspirators, and the second triumvirate.
NB make sure you can discuss either the Gracchi, Marius & Sulla, and
the first triumvirate or the first triumvirate, the conspirators, and the
second triumvirate.
Philosophy/Women
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What are the philosophies favored by Lucretius and Cicero and what place
do they leave for the mos maiorum?
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What can we learn about the place, rights, responsibilites, etc. of women
from the examples of Clodia, Cornelia, Fulvia, Octavia, Turia, Cleopatra,
Servilia (Brutus' mother), and the other women discussed in Kebric Chapters
2-4? NB make sure you can discuss Clodia.