CLCS 181
FINAL EXAM REVIEW SHEET
2023
Tuesday 12/12, 01:00pm - 03:00pm, RHPH 172
Exam will consist of MAP TEST (10 items), MULTIPLE CHOICE
(30 items including 10 to 15 image items), 1 of 2 ESSAYS to be determined by
lot
Link to class
notes is here; BONUS: Notes
used in Roman Lectures
Also, we will offer a 10 pt Extra Credit quiz on the Roman
Forum with the exam: For the map click
here
Assigned readings:
SHAW 167-271 (YOU ARE
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONCLUSION)
Part One: MAP TEST. Identify the numbered
items on the map provided (10 ITEMS) There are 2 maps to study
Part Two: MULTIPLE CHOICE ITEMS (likely answers to questions).
Hellenistic World:
RISE OF HELLENISM-- Philip II (359-336); Alexander the Great (336-323); Ptolemaic
Egypt (305-27 BC), Seleucid Syria (305-63), Antigonid Macedonia (270-166),
Attalid Pergamum (270-133), gymnasium, oblique phalanx
Greek Philosophy:
dialectic, empirical method, Anaxagoras, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Stoicism,
Epicureanism, Cynicism, Mystery Cults
CLASSICAL
CHINA: wet rice agriculture,
familialistic state, ritual vessels, urban clusters, Altar of Heaven, Mandate of Heaven, Era of the
Warring States, Ch’in Shih Huangdi (Qin or Ch'in Dynasty), Han Dynasty, Great
Wall, Daoism, Confucius, Legalism, jen,
Chun-Tsu, yin and yang, the Hsiung
Nu, Pan Chao, gentry class
ROME: paterfamilias, plebeian tribunes, consuls, dictator, imperium, sacrosanctitas,
cursus honorum, auctoritas, Vestal Virgins, manipular legion,
Roman legionary camp, Hannibal, Julius Caesar, Augustus (Octavian), imperator,
Dictator in Perpetuo, princeps, tribunician potestas, Julio-Claudians,
Pax Romana, basilica, Palatine, Forum
Romanum, amphitheater (Colosseum), Pantheon, Roman baths and aqueducts, Circus
Maximus, domus, the limes,
Status of Roman women and slaves, Baracks Emperors, verism
ESSAYS TO BE DETERMINED BY LOT
EVEN: ANCIENT PHILOSOPHICAL WORLD VIEWS: Compare
and contrast two or more monotheistic world views that emerged during the
Classical era. Include at least one from each of the following groups (A and B).
Be sure to include consideration of the timing of their historical development
(when did each occur?), their main tenet or argument, and why they appear to
have been natural outshoots of their immediate cultures. How did each define
afterlife?
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GROUP A |
GROUP B |
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Judaism |
Zoroastrianism |
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Stoicism |
Buddhism |
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Christianity |
Confucianism |
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Epicureanism |
Taoism |
ODD: CALIGULA: METHOD OR MADNESS?
Treat Suetonius' Life of Caligula from the perspective of their use
of absolute power. Describe in detail the more bizarre actions and attitudes of
the Emperor Gaius and discuss possible rational motives behind
them. What was he trying to prove? How does he behave toward
various social elements at Rome -- the senatorial aristocracy, the
knights, the Roman people, the Roman army, the provincials? Suetonius' Life
of Caligula is available on line at:http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/suetonius-caligula.html
You
are responsible for the following image pages: