4. Where are Ruscino, Spoletium, Pisa, Nuceria, Petelia, Henna, Apollonia? In what context do these places appear in Livy? 5. Trace the relations of Campania to Rome, and describe the political condition of its towns. 6. What circumstances indicate the height of patriotic sentiment at Rome? 7. Explain-Res ad interregnum rediit-Barcina factio -Novendiale-Aliensis clades-Praetextati-Magistratus curules. 8. Collect mentions of Scipio Africanus and Hasdrubal, brother of Hannibal. 9. Trace the operations of Marcellus in Sicily. IX. TACITUS, Ann. I-IV. 1. Translate and explain : (1) Centesimam rerum venalium post bella civilia institutam deprecante populo edixit Tiberius militare aerarium eo subsidio niti; simul imparem oneri rem publicam, nisi vicensimo militiae anno veterani dimitte rentur. (2) Equester ordo cuneum Germanici appellavit qui iuniorum dicebatur, instituitque uti turmae idibus Iuliis imaginem eius sequerentur. (3) Hinc Gracchi et Saturnini turbatores plebis, nec minor largitor nomine senatus Drusus; corrupti spe aut inlusi per intercessionem socii. (4) At enim Augustus filiam suam equiti Romano tradere meditatus est... Sed si dubitatione Augusti movemur, quanto validius est quod Marco Agrippae, mox mihi conlocavit ? (5) Tuscum vicum e vocabulo advenarum dictum. 2. Collect facts showing the character of the Imperial administration in the Provinces. 3. Give an account of Arminius and of his family. 4. Give some account of Clemens, Vibius Serenus, Urgulania, Cremutius Cordus, Percennius, C. Lutorius Priscus. 5. Give an account of the war with Tacfarinas. 6. Explain-saliare carmen, trabeati equites, cruppellarii, actor publicus, aerarium, fiscus, centurionatus, pedarii, confarreati parentes. 7. Give an account of the family divisions at the court of Tiberius. 8. Sketch and account for the vicissitudes in the history of Armenia. X. HERODOTUS, VII-IX. [Candidates are expected to attempt each of these Passages.] Translate :— (VII. 139.) (VIII. 100.) (IX. 94.) Ἐνθαῦτα ἀναγκαίῃ....... τῆς θαλάσσης. Μαρδόνιος δὲ.......... ἔδοσαν δίκας. Τὰ μὲν χρηστήρια... ἀποχρᾶν γενομένην. XI. LIVY, XXI-XXIV. [Candidates are expected to attempt each of these Passages.] Translate: (XXII. 41.) (XXIII. 9.) (XXIV. 45.) Ceterum temeritati......in exercitu esse. 'Per ego te......transfigendusque est.' In ea castra......societatem respiciat. XII. TACITUS, Ann. I-IV. [Candidates are expected to attempt each of these Passages.] Translate : (II. 36.) (III. 59.) Et certamem Gallo...honoribus statuerint. XIII. Outlines of Greek History. 1. Trace the growth of the Confederacy of Delos. 2. Give an account of the Sacred Wars. 3. What are the most salient features in the reforms attributed to Cleisthenes? 4. How does Greek colonisation differ from Roman, Carthaginian, and modern colonisation? 5. What was the origin and issue of the Ionian Revolt? 6. State what you know of slavery and serfdom as they existed in the several states of Greeco. 7. Enumerate, with a map, the states and races of the Peloponnese. 8. What is the connection (1) of Egypt, (2) of Carthage, with Greek history? 9. State what you know of Thucydides the historian, Pausanias, Theramenes, Conon, Phormio, Aeschylus. 10. What were the chief effects of the Peloponnesian War? Were they beneficial to Greece? 11. Write a narrative of the Theban supremacy. 12. What circumstances prepared the way for the career of Alexander the Great? XIV. The Persian Wars. 1. What was the extent of the power of Persia at the time of the Persian Wars? 2. Trace the relation of Persia to Greek Tyrants and Tyranny. 3. Point out during, this period the first traces of the subsequent transference of hegemony from Sparta to Athens. 4. Give some account of the importance of this period as an epoch in the history of literature and art. 5. Where are Naxos, Himera, Halicarnassus, Tegea, Mycale, Doriscus, and how are they important? 6. Give some account of the foundation of the naval power of Athens. 7. Give instances of selfishness in the policy of Sparta. 8. Describe, with a map, the operations connected with the Battle of Marathon. XV. Outlines of Roman History. 1. Give an account of the Lex Publilia, Lex Canuleia, Rogationes Liciniae, Leges Publiliae, Leges Juliae. 2. Give a succinct history of the Gauls in Italy. 3. Trace the steps by which the power of Rome was extended to (1) Italy, (2) Greece, (3) Africa. 4. What difficulties and troubles did Rome experience from the slave population of Italy? 5. Give a summary of the career of Marius, and explain the military revolution effected by him. 6. Give an account of the chief roads radiating from Rome. 7. Trace the changes in the Comitia and the Senate during the Republic and Empire. 8. Name with dates the wars of C. Julius Caesar. 9. Describe the great epochs, and name the foremost patrons, of literature at Rome. 10. Give the genealogy of the Imperial House from Augustus to Nero. 11. Give a short account of the Imperial favourites during the reigns of Tiberius and Nero. 12. What do you know of Menenius Agrippa, C. Duilius, Mummius, Tiberius Gracchus, Clodius, Agricola, Aegates Insulae, Metaurus, Charrae, Thapsus ? XVI. Roman History.--The Second Punic War. 1. With what difficulties had Hannibal to contend in his conduct of the war? 2. What different relations existed between the Romans and the several populations of Italy during the war? 3. Trace the steps by which Sicily at last fell entirely into the hands of the Romans. 4. Give a history of Masinissa. 5. What were the relations of Scipio Africanus to the Senate? 6. Quote indications of the importance of the moneyed class at Rome during the war. 7. Describe accurately the battles of the Thrasymene lake and of Zama. 8. Give an account of Minucius, Mago the brother of Hannibal, Placentia, Tarentum, Massilia. XVII. Reign of Tiberius. 1.Dum veritati consulitur, libertas corrumpebatur.' Indicate the bearing of this remark on (1) The character of Tacitus as an historian. 2. What was the feeling towards the Roman government in the provinces ? 3. Account for the view of Tiberius held in Tacitus' time. Is there reason for supposing his judgment to be unfair? |