Study Guide for Final Examination

Procedural Matter

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Study Guide for the Final

The following two sections should help you study for the first midterm. The first provides the directions, so you should know what kind of questions to expect. Second there is a list of names/concepts to consider in studying for the midterm. BE SURE TO BRING A SUITABLE PENCIL FOR MARKING A COMPUTER-GRADED SHEET (HP OR #2).

Material for which you will be responsible

The final will consist of two parts:

Second "midterm" for 100 pts. The first half of the final will cover only the material dealt with since the Midterm. For this section, you will be responsible for:
- the textbook reading,
- material covered in lecture,
- location of important places on a map,
- the chronology at the back of the textbook.
Essay Question (50 pts.). For the second hour, you are asked to write an essay on one of four topics. All the topics are given below, and each will be available on the exam. Hence, you can prepare the question you prefer in advance, but you will not be allowed to use any outside aids (i.e., no notes etc.) during the exam itself. The questions are not meant to be answered literally. That is, you are to take the question you choose and reformulate it into a clearly defined thesis that you demonstrate in the body of your essay. The essay will be evaluated on the basis of the clarity of your argument and accuracy of the evidence you cite in support of it. You have more than enough time to cite specific evidence, and while the evidence will not be weighed on a scale, an essay with more evidence is likely to be graded higher than a comparable essay with less evidence.

Directions from the Final

Second "Midterm" (identical in format to the midterm, though there are a few fewer map questions and a few more multiple-choice questions)
1. On the EXAM SHEET, write after the name of the site the number on the map that idetifies its location. (There are more numbers than names.) 10 @ 1pt.
2. Multiple choice. Circle the correct answer on the separate sheet for computer grading. The questions may include ones of chronology (i.e., pick the right date), chronological order of items, identification of people/places, and (most important) concepts. 30 @ 2 pts.
3. Write a short paragraph (use complete, connected sentences) on TWO of five topics. You should (as relevant) identify the who/what/when of the topic, and also be sure to indicate something about the importance/significance of the item (that is, how it fits into broader themes in the course). Include dates as appropriate. 2 @ 15 pts.
Essay question. Write an essay on ONE of the following questions. Be sure to give the appropriate number for the essay (50 pts.)
1. Why did the Republic fall?
2. Is it better to view political developments in the period from Ti. Gracchus down to the battle of Actium in terms of personalities or in terms of the development of military/political institutions?
3. What role did the increasing acceptability of the use of violence for political ends play in the downfall of the Republic?
4. What exactly did the "Republic" signify in the period from Ti. Gracchus to the battle of Actium? Did the concept change over time? Did it mean different things to different people?
5. Is any one individual responsible for the downfall of the Republic? If so, who, and why him (or her!) rather than anyone other choices?
6. What role did the acquisition of the overseas empire play in the downfall of the Republic?

List Of Names/Concepts

The following list of names/places/concepts is not intended to be a definitive or exhaustive list of everything that is important, but it should assist you in your preparation. Note in particular that some of the items are quite broad and imply knowledge of subordinate items that are not specified on the list.

Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, tr. pl. 133
Land legislation
Inheritance from Attalus
Attempt at reelection to tribunate
C. Sempronius Gracchus
Program of reform
Citizenship for allies
M. Livius Drusus the elder
L. Opimius cos. 121
Jugurtha
Q. Caecilius Metellus Numidicus cos. 109
C. Marius cos. 107
Enrollment of the landless in army
Cimbri and Teutoni
Battle of Arausio
L. Apuleius Saturninus tr. pl. 100
M. Livius Drusus the younger tr. pl. 91
Social War
L. Cornelius Sulla cos. 88
Cn. Octavius cos. 87
L. Cornelius Cinna cos. 87
Mithridates
First Mithridatic War
Insufficient number of praetorships
Equestrians (equites), control of law courts
Sulla's invasion of Italy
C. Marius junior
Colline Gate/Praeneste
Cn. Pompeius (Pompey)
Proscriptions
Sullan dictatorship/constitution/settlement
Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius cos. 80
M. Aemilius Lepidus cos. 78
Q. Sertorius
Spartacus
M. Licinius Crassus cos. 70
L. Licinius Lucullus cos.74
Third Mithridatic War
Pompey and the war against the pirates
Pompey's Settlement of the East
Populares
Optimates
Electoral Practices in the Late Republic
M. Tullius Cicero
L. Sergius Catilina (Catiline)
Catilinarian conspiracy
Pompey's Wishes/Intentions upon his Return from the East
Crassus and the equestrians
M. Porcius Cato
Caesar's Consulship
"First Triumvirate"
Caesar's conquest of Gaul
Breakdown of Electoral Process in 50's
P. Clodius Pulcher
Second joint consulship of Pompey and Crassus
Reconciliation of Pompey and Caesar's Enemies
Caesar's/Pompey's motives/plans during civil war
Battles of Pharsalus, Thapsus, Munda
Cleopatra
Caesar's final intentions
Motives for Caesar's assassination
M. Junius Brutus
C. Cassius Longinus
M. Antonius (Mark Antony)
C. Octavius/Octavian/young Caesar/Imp. Caesar divi filius
D. Junius Brutus
Battle of Mutina
Philippics
M. Aemilius Lepidus cos. 46
Triumvirate
Proscriptions
Battle of Philippi
L. Antonius
Perusian War
Sex. Pompeius/Magnus Pius
Battle of Naulochus
End of Lepidus
"Donations"
Antony's will
Oath to Caesar as"dux
Battle of Actium

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