1 .		Marcus Aurelius chose his successor on the basis of his military and administrative abilities.   True  False
2 .		In 224 C.E. the Sassanians showed what a serious threat they posed to the empire by taking emperor Valerian prisoner.   True  False
3 .		A king of a German tribe was surrounded by a collection of warriors, whom the Romans called his .
4 .		The , who had originated near the Baltic Sea before wandering into southern Russia, overran the empire's Balkan provinces in the 220s and 230s C.E.
5 .		With the accession of the emperor Septimius Severus at the end of the second century, it is clear that Rome was becoming a military monarchy.   True  False
6 .		The economy of Rome during these centuries appears to have suffered for all the following reasons EXCEPT
7 .		By the end of the third century, the Roman army was composed largely of barbarian draftees.   True  False
8 .		Which of the following was NOT a weakness of Rome's army in the later Empire?
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