With reference to the incident of Horatius Cocles on the Pons Sublicius, who was the enemy?
What is pudor? What role did pudor play in the battle between Horatius Cocles and his foes?
Why did Horatius Cocles pray to Tiberine pater? What is particularly significant about the Tiberine part of this? What is particularly significant about the pater part of this?
How was Horatius Cocles rewarded for his heroism? What does this tell us about Livy’s view of ancient Roman values?
What three factors shaped the class system of ancient Rome?
How is civitas (citizenship) like dominium or proprietas (property, proprietorship)?
What Roman citizenship rights did non-Roman Italians not have? How did this situation change after 88 B.C.? Why did it change? …show more content…
How did one become a patrician in early Rome? How could a family become a patrician family in Rome during the period of the Late Republic?
Who were the nobiles?
How did the class of the equites (“cavalrymen” or “knights”) arise?
Who were the publicani?
Why could senatores not be publicani?
After ca. 100 B.C., how did one qualify for membership in the ordo equester, (the equestrian order)? How at this time did one qualify for membership in the ordo senatorius, (the senatorial order)?
What was Cicero’s argument against democracy?
What was the ancient Roman definition of justice, according to the Digest of Justinian?
What was Roman policy regarding corporal punishment for offenses against the law?
When did the legal distinctions between honestiores and humiliores arise? In what historical context? Who were honestiores?
What is pietas?
What is