15. Comment on this statement: "As the rise of Rome was central in history, the Second Punic War was central in the rise of Rome."
16. What provinces had been formed by 133 B.C. (map facing page 184)?
17. What parts of the world belonged to Rome in 133 B.C. but were not yet provinces?
18. Might Rome have extended her federal policy to her territories outside of Italy? Was a provincial system really necessary?
19. Compare a Persian satrapy with a Roman province.
20. Would import duties on foreign grain have revived Italian agriculture?
21. Why did the cattle breeder in Italy have no reason to fear foreign competition?
22. Compare the Athenian practice of state pay with the Roman "bread and the games of the circus."
23. Had the Italians triumphed in the Social War, is it likely they would have established a better government than that of Rome?
24. Was Marius or was Sulla more to blame for the Civil War?