STUDIES
1. On an outline map indicate the Roman dominions in 509 B.C.; in 338 B.C.; in 264 B.C.
2. Make a list of the Roman magistrates mentioned in this chapter, and of the powers exercised by each.
3. Give the meaning of our English words "patrician," "plebeian," "censor," "dictator," "tribune," "augury," "auspices," and "veto."
4. Connect the proper events with the following dates: 753 B.C.; 509 B.C.; and 338 B.C.
5. Why have Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica been called the "suburbs of Italy"?
6. "Italy and Greece may be described as standing back to back to each other." Explain this statement.
7. What is the origin of our names of the two months, January and March?
8. Compare the early Roman with the early Greek religion as to (a) likenesses; (b) differences.
9. Why have the consuls been called "joint kings for one year"?
10. What do you understand by "martial law"? Under what circumstances is it sometimes declared in the United States?
11. Compare the position of the Roman patricians with that of the Athenian nobles before the legislation of Draco and Solon.
12. What officers in American cities perform some of the duties of the censors, praetors, and aediles?
13. In the Roman and Spartan constitutions contrast: (a) consuls and kings; (b) censors and ephors; and (c) the two senates.
14. Compare the Roman Senate and the Senate of the United States as to size, term of office of members, conditions of membership, procedure, functions, and importance.
15. How far can the phrase, "government of the people, by the people, for the people," be applied to the Roman Republic at this period?
16. What conditions made it easy for the Romans to conquer Magna Graecia and difficult for them to subdue the Samnites?
17. What is a "Pyrrhic victory"?
18. Compare the nature of Roman rule over Italy with that of Athens over the Delian League.
19. Trace on the map, page 156, the Appian and Flaminian ways, noting some of the cities along the routes and the terminal points of each road.
20. Explain: "all roads lead to Rome."
21. Contrast the legion and the phalanx as to arrangement, armament, and method of fighting.
22. "Rome seems greater than her greatest men." Comment on this statement.