Morality Religion and Social Life of Rome

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1. What did Tacitus say of Augustus' attitude towards reforming Romans' morals?

  • Augustus tried to make the people good as well as happy
  • Augustus was sure that he would have great success as people want to change
  • Augustus knew that people did not want change
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2. Which strict law, introduced by Augustus and later relaxed by Vespasian, encouraged marriage within the senatorial & equestrian classes?

  • Lex Papia Poppaea
  • Lex Julia
  • The sumptuary Laws

3. Which emperor - despite having a close Jewish friend (Herod Agrippa)-threw the Jews out of Rome?

  • Claudius
  • Caligula
  • Nero

4. Which writer wrote "I have to barge through the crowd" when complaining of over-crowding in Rome and which emperor were they writing under?

  • Martial writing under Domitian
  • Horace writing during reign of Augustus
  • Juvenal writing under Domitian

5. Who was the two headed/faced god of doorways?

  • Janus
  • Juno
  • Jupiter

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