Question 1
The central theme of the Iliad is
a. the dangers of uncontrolled women: Helen of Troy caused ten years of war.
b. the fatal wrath which brings epic suffering: Achilles' anger with Agamemnon leads to the death of many, including Achilles' dearest friend Patroclus.
c. the opportunities created by war can make even ordinary men into heroes: an ordinary Achaean killed the Trojan prince Hector.
d. the advantage of cunning over brute force: only the trick of the Trojan Horse ended a war that has lasted ten years.
e. the folly of angering the gods: Odysseus' offense against Poseidon prevented a swift homecoming.
Question 2
What was Sulla's legacy?
a. He became the first non-Roman consul.
b. He became the first Roman general to use siege engines.
c. He prevented civil war by arbitrating disputes between Marius and Gaius.
d. He divided up the latifundia and restored the dispossessed farmers to their lands.
e. He employed the army to seize power in political disputes, a strategy copied by other ambitious men.
Apollo Belvedere (detail), Roman copy after a 4th-century BCE Greek original.
Mosaic glass bowl, fused and slumped, Roman.
Apoxyomenos (The Scraper), Roman copy of an original Greek bronze by Lysippus.
The Legacy of Slavic Dominance
A Roman Bath.
Exterior View of The Temple of Hera I, Poseidonia (Roman Paestum)