ANCHS/AMES 021: Greece and Rome

7th Reading/Terms Quiz

Part I: Identify two of these three terms. Tell the reader 1) What, where, or who it is, 2) provide some species of time frame, and 3) explain its significance for the purposes of this class. Three or four coherent sentences should do nicely.

denarius (Starr, p. 505); senatus consultum ultimum; (Starr, p. 515, Plutarch 2.380); Cornelia (Plu. 2.355-6)

Part II: 1) Who wrote this? 2) What does it describe, and 3) why do we care? Provide your argument within a single, structured paragraph.

"Thenceforth the equestrians formed an officially distinct group of men, who held a strong club over the head of any senator who tried to check their financial and commercial exploitation of the provinces. The evil which Gaius did lived long after his day, and one cannot entirely excuse him on the grounds that he did not forsee the results..."