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	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. Historians speak of Rome's first emperor as and of his regime as the Principate.

	The primary foundation of Augustus's power was   the aristocracy. the military. the people of Rome. great personal wealth.

	Under Emperor Augustus, the frontier army consisted of about 300,000 men.    True  False

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. In the Aenid by , Rome got its own version of the Homeric epics.

	Ovid   was exiled because Augustus was offended by his writings. translated Greek myths. wrote about seduction. all of these answers

	Livy used history to emphasize the uniqueness of the current situation and stir up trouble.    True  False

	Nero, in addition to his other shortcomings, was unable to control the army.    True  False

	Marcus Aurelius chose his successor on the basis of his military and administrative abilities.    True  False

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. The found their religion incompatible with Roman demands and were savagely repressed when they rebelled in 66–70, 115–117, and 132–135 C.E.

	Up to one-third of the city of Rome's living space was taken up by the elegant homes of the wealthy.    True  False

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. Roman architecture features advanced use of concrete and, borrowed from the Etruscans, the principle of the .

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. achieved toleration and finally exclusive command as the official religion of the Roman Empire.

	In Greek the word Christos means "Messiah."    True  False

	Jesus of Nazareth taught all of the following EXCEPT   that good will be rewarded with immortality. that sinners would be condemned to hell. that the Jews would triumph over their earthly enemies. that the faithful must give up their worldliness.

	Paul's major contribution to Christianity was   the sacrament of communion. preaching the gospel only to true believers. that one did not have to be a Jew to believe in Christ. the establishment of the papacy in Rome.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. The Church established orthodoxy around traditional, simple, conservative beliefs held by a majority of Christians.

	In 224 C.E. the Sassanians showed what a serious threat they posed to the empire by taking Emperor Valerian prisoner.    True  False

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. A king of a German tribe was surrounded by a collection of warriors, whom the Romans called his .

	Which of the following was NOT a weakness of Rome's army in the later Empire?   It was composed mostly of romanized provincials. It recruited slaves, gladiators, barbarians, and criminals. It had no mobile reserve unit which could meet a crisis. It went on the offensive too frequently.

	The economy of Rome during these centuries appears to have suffered for all the following reasons EXCEPT   little reserve funds beyond normal budget allocations. government confiscations of private property. a surplus of agricultural labor. that there was no system of credit.

	By the end of the third century, the Roman army was composed largely of barbarian draftees.    True  False

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. Diocletian decreed the introduction of the , the rule of the empire by four men with power divided territorially.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. Constantinople became the center of a vital and flourishing culture we call that lasted until the fifteenth century.

	The Council of Nicaea in 325 rejected the views of   Athenasius. James. Matthew. Arius.

	Leaders of the late empire were   mostly members of the old Roman nobility. mostly Catholic leaders from Rome. all descended from Italian peasants. mostly lower class provincials.

	Artists of the late empire abandoned messages in their art in favor of hedonistic appeals to emotion.    True  False

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. The career and writings of , bishop of Hippo, exemplify the closeness and complexity of the relationship between classical pagan and Christian culture during the late empire.

	Explanations that have been suggested for the decline and fall of the Roman Empire include   slavery. plague and lead poisoning. government meddling in the economic marketplace. all of these answers.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. Rome's greatness was based on .

	Although Rome's attackers were weak, they still easily defeated an empire that had lost the will to fight.    True  False

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