Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D Part 28

98-117. Trajan. Limit of Empire reached.

117-138. Hadrian.

138-161. Antoninus Pius.

161-180. Marcus Aurelius.

180-192. Commodus.

192-284. From Pertinax to Diocletian.

284-305. Diocletian.

306-337. Constantine the Great.

312. Edict of Milan.

325. Council of Nice.

337-476. From Constantine to Romulus Augustulus.

SPECIMEN EXAMINATION PAPERS.

HARVARD COLLEGE.

JUNE, 1889.

1. Place or explain the following: Capua; Numidia; Veii; Pharsalus; Comitia Centuriata; Decemvir; law of Majestas. With what important events was each connected? (Omit one; answer very briefly.)

2. The campaigns of Pyrrhus in Italy.

3. The causes and results of the Samnite Wars.

4. Cato's efforts to reform the government of Rome.

5. (_a_) Education in Rome. (_b_) Amus.e.m.e.nts at Rome. (Take one)

1888.

1. Basilica; Lex Publilia; Patrician; Triumvir; Tribune; Roman citizen,--what were they? (Take four.)

2. (_a_) How did Augustus obtain his power? (_b_) The reign of Hadrian; (_c_) The first Punic war. (Take one.)

3. (_a_) The Roman religion; (_b_) Decay of the Empire, (Take one)

4. Sulla's rule in Rome.

5. The tribes at the time of the Second Punic War. (4 and 5 are for "additional readings.")

1887.

(a) (Take five.) The Allia, Agrigentum, Lilybaeum, Placentia, Cannae, Numantia, Ma.s.silia,-where? Mention (with dates) historical events connected with four of these places. (Take any two.)

1. How were the members of the Roman Senate chosen at different times?

2. The origin of the Praetorship. What were the duties of the Praetor?

3. Describe or explain any five: Pater Patratus, Feriae Latinae, Curia, Equites, Flamines, the Licinian Laws, the law of Majestas.

_Questions on the "additional reading."_

(Candidates who have read the books recommended for additional reading may subst.i.tute one of the following questions for one of the first three in this group.)

4. (TIGHE.) How did the practical powers of the Roman Senate differ from its theoretical powers?

5. (BEESLEY.) What can be said in defence of the Lex Frumentaria of Gaius Gracchus?

September, 1886.

1. Give an account of the races which inhabited Italy before the founding of Rome.

2. What were the princ.i.p.al Greek colonies on the sh.o.r.es of the Mediterranean? For what were three of them celebrated?

3. Describe the three forms of the Roman _comitia_, and trace the development of the _comitia tributa_.

4. What were some causes of the victory of Rome in the Punic wars? The effect of this victory upon Italy?

5. Explain _patria potestas_, _princeps senatus_, _municipium_, _ager Roma.n.u.s_, _equites_.

YALE COLLEGE.

EXAMINATION FOR ADMISSION.

June, 1889.

1. The Patricians and Plebeians: first causes of strife between them.

Steps in the political progress of the Plebeians. Censors. Tribunes.

Licinian Laws.

2. Greek influences on Roman life: what were they? In what ways and at what times introduced?

3. The Second Punic War: its causes. Hannibal's great march. Battles in Italy. Hasdrubal. Transference of the war. The result. Why did Hannibal fail?

4. Give some account of the members of the First Triumvirate.

5. Arrange in chronological order, with dates: Actium. The Gracchi.

First Samnite War. Pharsalus Regulus. Teutones and Cimbri. Numantia.

Capture of Rome by the Gauls. Cicero's first oration against Catiline.