Friday, November 14, 2008

[rome quiz] five curly ones for the grey matter

This quiz is a bit unfair because unless you've studied for it, the two quickest ways to answer it are by going to either Tiberius Gracchus or Wiki.

Yes or no?

1. Livy did deep research into barbaric history or customs.

2. Livy argued that Rome's failures were owing to a long history of impiety.

3. Falerii was conquered by the Romans shortly after the Gallic invasion which concludes Livy's story.

4. Livy relied only on the historical record, never on stories handed down.

5. According to Livy, Postumius was a very good man.


And don't forget - it's Tiberius' birthday today! Happy Birthday.

Answers here.

2 comments:

  1. Cheers James- its even my birthday today so I take it as a present. Incidentally its not quite the conclusion of Livy's history- more the conclusion of his fifth book which is the conclusion of the first volume of my modern translation!

    Early Roman history is a great subject though- and thanks for reading and keep commenting.

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