Part 28 (1/2)

98-117. Trajan. Limit of Empire reached.

117-138. Hadrian.

138-161. Antoninus Pius.

161-180. Marcus Aurelius.

180-192. Commodus.

192-284. From Pertinax to Diocletian.

284-305. Diocletian.

306-337. Constantine the Great.

312. Edict of Milan.

325. Council of Nice.

337-476. From Constantine to Romulus Augustulus.

SPECIMEN EXAMINATION PAPERS.

HARVARD COLLEGE.

JUNE, 1889.

1. Place or explain the following: Capua; Numidia; Veii; Pharsalus; Comitia Centuriata; Decemvir; law of Majestas. With what important events was each connected? (Omit one; answer very briefly.)

2. The campaigns of Pyrrhus in Italy.

3. The causes and results of the Samnite Wars.

4. Cato's efforts to reform the government of Rome.

5. (_a_) Education in Rome. (_b_) Amus.e.m.e.nts at Rome. (Take one)

1888.

1. Basilica; Lex Publilia; Patrician; Triumvir; Tribune; Roman citizen,--what were they? (Take four.)

2. (_a_) How did Augustus obtain his power? (_b_) The reign of Hadrian; (_c_) The first Punic war. (Take one.)

3. (_a_) The Roman religion; (_b_) Decay of the Empire, (Take one)

4. Sulla's rule in Rome.

5. The tribes at the time of the Second Punic War. (4 and 5 are for ”additional readings.”)

1887.

(a) (Take five.) The Allia, Agrigentum, Lilybaeum, Placentia, Cannae, Numantia, Ma.s.silia,-where? Mention (with dates) historical events connected with four of these places. (Take any two.)