CLASS 282: Midterm

Study Guide for the Midterm

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 midterm will cover material from
- the textbook readings (AR),
- and material covered in lecture.
You are responsible for knowing the location on an unmarked map of important places. It is up to you to decide on the basis of your readings and of the lectures which locations it is important to know (the maps in the book should be of use for this).
You are also responsible for the dates in the chronology at the back of the textbook.

Directions From The Midterm

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.
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.
Write a short paragraph (use complete, connected sentences) on THREE 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. 3 @ 10 pts.

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.

Iron Age
Villanovan Culture
Latial Periods
Urbanization
Literary historical tradition
Etruscans and their origins
Etruscan influence on Rome
Romulus and Remus
Livy and his methology
Regal constitution
The Tarquins
Centuriate assembly
populus
"Voting" tribes
Latins/Latium
Indo-Europeans
Oscan-Umbrians
Samnites
Gauls/Celts
Fall of kingdom, date of foundation of Republic
Annalistic tradition
Fasti
Synchronism
Republic
Livy and his methods and purposes in writing history
Principles of Roman magistracies
Consul
Dictator
Praetor
Quaestor
Censor, census
Senate
Powers of the Roman People
Restrictions on Roman assemblies
Patricians
Plebs and their grievances
Tribunes of the plebs
Assembly of the plebs (concilium plebes)
Struggle of the Orders
Nobility
Latin League
foedus Cassianum (treaty of Cassius)
Campaigns against the Hernici, Aequi, Volsci
Sack of city by Gauls
Revolt of Latin League and final settlement
Samnite Wars
Battle of Caudine Forks
King Pyrrhus, Pyrrhic victory
Latin Status
Conubium
Commercium
Italian allies
Citizen/Latin colonies
Roman names
Carthage/Carthaginians
First Punic War
Hiero/Syracuse
M. Atilius Regulus
Carthaginian Mercenary War
First Roman provinces/new praetors
Prorogation
Final Arrangement of the centuriate assembly
Carthaginian expansion in Spain
Hannibal
Second Punic War
Cannae
Q. Fabius Maximus, Fabian tactics
P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus
Battle of Zama
Hellenistic World
First Macedonian War
Philip V
Aetolians
Second Macedonian War
Battle of Cynoscephalae
T. Quinctius Flamininus
Freedom of Greece
Pergamum, Attalid dynasty
Antiochus the Great
Battle of Magnesia ad Sipylum
Third Macedonian War
Perses
L. Aemilius Paullus
Battle of Pydna
Maceonian Republics
Rhodes
Epirus
Cato the Elder
Third Punic War
P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus
Macedonian Revolt
Q. Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus Achaean War
L. Mummius
Corinth
Creation of Spanish provinces
Ti. Sempronius Gracchus pr. 180
Numantia
Troubles with Recruitment in Spain
Regulation of office holding in second century
Problems caused by wealth Dissatisfaction of the Italian Allies
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