Makeshift Review Sheet for Roman History Exam

Dear Students in Roman History,

Students always tell me my study guides are lousy. So I advise you
to
use the course reader as your guide, pages 67-68 for important terms
(see below). I hope this is a help. Best wishes and BONAM FORTUNAM
to all. I really enjoyed teaching you this term, and I hope your
exams reflect that you also learned a lot from me.
gaius stern


Makeshift Review Sheet for Roman History Exam

Format is just like midterm

Above all read the assigned texts for the semester. The exam will
focus
on the era 218 BC – 69 AD so this means everything from _right
before_ the
midterm to the end of class - thus the 300 best documented years of
Roman
History. That era will comprise 2/3 of the exam and the remaining 1/3
will be generally from the first part of the term and maybe a scattered
few questions on post AD 69.
You will do yourself a big favor if you did the reading during the term
or
have time to catch up all day Thurs. If you enter this exam having
read
only 25% of the course assignments, but attended every day you can
probably get a B. If you attended 50% and read less than 50% you will
be
ill prepared.

Go over the outlines on the website and make sure you understand
the
cause and effect of major events,

IMPORTANT: Pages 67 and 68 (excluding the top half of the R
column
down to PHILIP V) in the purple reader have most of the important terms
and people. If you know who/what all of them are you are in excellent
shape for the exam. I will not list them here, but refer you to the
reader, p. 67-68.

I think you should know the first dozen emperors by name and order.

If you are not perfect on the reign dates, do not worry about it. If
you know the next 5 emperors, that is even better. You should be
able to associate a major feat witht he proper famous emperor
(example: building the Colosseum. Didius Julianus is not very
famous; Marcus Aurelius is)

Regarding reading passages, I will want you to identify the author
and/or work (I will specify). Remember that Penguin has released an
abridged version of _Parallel Lives_ by Plutarch, so instead of
listing the modern title, list the LIFE where needed. In some cases
it is obvious which life you are reading. If it is not obvious,
“Plutarch” may suffice. I will probably say “author” or
"author and
work."
Authors: I can not list them all here, but everyone in reader (Vergil,
Lucretius, Velleius, etc), Catullus and Martial, and the textbooks are
all
fair game. You saw what I did on the midterm.
I will want you to analyze the passage rather than summarize it.
Focus
on what important info this passage provides, or (better) why it is
important.

Note well: the burden sits on you to figure out what was Julius’
highest post in gvt. If you think he was a king, you are in trouble.
Only in the histrionics of his enemies was he called a king, and that
was to arouse anger.

*** If no one has yet sent the "review session timeline" to Dan to
post, someone please do so.

Dear Class,

I plan to include one question asking what was the highest standing
Julius ever achieved.

warning: if you say emperor you might jeopardize your grade on the
exam.


gcs