HIEU 322 Article Quiz 1
- It was acceptable for women to wear their hair covered or uncovered and down, but Paul suggested covered.
- How was 1 stcentury A.D. Corinth different from Athens?
- What was Acrocorinth?
- Both the Apostle Paul and Plutarch agreed on this point about hairstyles:
- Around 300 B.C., this Roman general supposedly became the first Roman—in an attempt to emulate the Greeks—to shave every day and be beardless.
- The Apostle Paul was out of step with Greco-Roman tradition in his view that men should have short hair and women long (and wrapped).
- According to author Jerome Murphy-O’Connor, 1 stcentury Corinth resembled this American place and experience:
- What were some factors that led Paul to Corinth?
- Women in Paul’s native Tarsus dressed in very modest attire, and mostly covered.
- Corinth was responsible for the Isthmian Games, the second in rank of the four great pan-Hellenic festivals.
- What was Paul’s preference for male hair?
- When does O’Connor believe Paul first arrived in Corinth?
- Briefly comment on the types of sources the author uses in dealing with Corinthian hairstyles.
HIEU 322 Article Quiz 2
- Which of the following is true about Vegetius?
- Although faced with the demand for greater revenue, Nero and subsequent emperors were hesitant to raise taxes. Instead they did this, which over time had a disastrous impact on the economy.
- Roman economic policy as early as the 3 rdcentury B.C. contrasted sharply with the highly regimented economies of the Hellenistic world, especially Egypt.
- Which of the following is true about Roman taxation in the Republic and early Empire?
- What has been the chief emphasis for many historians when it comes to explaining the decay of the Roman military?
- Despite a free grain policy, the vast majority of Rome’s grain supply was distributed through the free market. Why?
- Vegitius wrote of Rome’s military problems, but was optimistic that those problems could be overcome in the future.
- In general, Vegetius believed this was the chief reason for the decay of the army?
- Why was the battle of Actium in the 30s B.C. important?
- Specifically, Vegetius argued that Roman military decay was the result of this:
- Bruce Bartlett believed that the reforms of Diocletian and Constantine were positive ones that should have salvaged the Roman economy.
- This area within the Roman Empire retained a socialist economic system because it was an important source of grain for the Romans—and by the end of the 1 st
century B.C., the source for free grain doled out by the government. - Briefly explain what Bartlett meant by “state socialism” in the Roman Empire by the 3 rdcentury A.D.