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Title: A student's study-guide in ancient history; a combination of outlines, map work and questions to aid in visualizing, understanding and remembering the important facts of ancient history and in grasping a sense of the modern world's debt to the peoples of ancient times
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Southworth, Gertrude Van Duyn, b. 1874
Subjects: History, Ancient History, Ancient
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : Iroquois publishing company, inc.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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igula became emperor andstate two reform measures of the earlypart of his reign. 1(5. Describe and account for the crueltyand extravagance displayed in the laterdays of his reign. 17. Describe an important conquest in thereign of Claudius. 18. What was the chief event in the reignof Nero? 10. Tell about the revolt of the Jews andthe destruction of Jerusalem underVespasian. 20. Describe the revolt on the German fron-tier and give its results. 21. Show the influences that are supposedto have changed the policies of Tiberiusduring the latter part of his reign. 22. Describe the extending of the Romanpower in Britain under Domitian. 23. Tell about the life in a Roman townin the days of the empire, describingthe general appearance (use Pompeii asa type), the government, the amuse-ments, the graffiti. 24. Describe life in the provinces. 2.5. By what means was travel and corre-spondence increased? 2(j. Describe the changes which took placein industry and commerce during theimperial period. 91
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THE ANCIENT WORLD UNDER THE ROMANEMPIRE 31 B. C—375 A. D. The Five Good Emperors 96 A. D.—180 A. D. The Soldier Emperors 180 A. D.—284 A. D. The Absolute Emperors 284 A. D.—375 A. D. The Rise of Christianity MAP WORK Trace on the map the frontiers established by Augustus, and outHne andname the provinces added by Trajan which marked the greatest extent of theRoman empire. Show the location and name Hadrians Wall. Locate and name Palmyra. QUESTIONS By whom were the five good emperorselected ? What can you say of the governmentand administration during their reigns?Give a brief account of Nervas reign.Give an account of the reign of Trajantouching on the territory he added tothe empire. State the policy in regard to theboundaries of the empire of each of thefollowing: Augustus, Trajan, Hadrian.Tell about the travels of Hadrian giv-ing their purpose and what he ac-complished. Describe the reign of Marcus Aurelius,covering his character as shown by hiswritings, the Asiatic plague,

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