Varieties of Imperial Hellenism Hellenism and the Roman Empire Conceptualizing Imperial Hellenism
100
False, “For most of our authors, aristocrats and (in most cases) Roman citizens as they were, Roman imperial values were perceived as aligned with Hellenism.”
True or false? In general context of this article, Roman imperial values were considered to be in contrast with the ideas of Hellenism.
100
Greek
What was the most widely-spoken language of the Roman Empire?
100
True
True or False: Greek Hellenism of the imperial period reflected the worldview of republican Rome in expansionist mood: and paradoxically, by celebrating their own culture in a form constructed by the demands of their rulers.
200
It is the usage of a nonstandard language. For example, the Classical Athenians of 5th/4th Centuries. BCE used Attic dialect.
What is the definition of ‘patois’?
200
The Aeneid
A reflection of Hellenism through an imitation of writing Greek epics can be found in Virgil’s work. This classic text is:
A. The Iliad
B. The Aeneid
C. The Africa
D. There and Back Again: A Hobbit’s Tale
E. The Epic of Gilgamesh
200
d) pas-de-deux
Hellenism and Romanitas developed what kind of culture in which each evolved and adapted to complement the other?
a) faux pas
b) khaire
c) caveat emptor
d) pas-de-deux
300
a) Greek Statue of Isocrates
c) Stone statue-group of Persians holding up a bronze tripod
Which two of the following choices were considered by our author to be ‘secular’ features of the Temple of the Olympian Zeus that may have symbolized Rome’s presence in Greece being as invasive as that of the Persians or Macedonians?
a) Greek Statue of Is
300
Rendering Greek comedy in a Roman form.
What had Plautus and Terrence become known for?
300
Cultural-Cognitive
What does Swain, call an identity shared between authors who believe Hellenism can be studied in the abstract rather than simply as an aggregation of individual views?
400
Xenophon
In Arrian’s Anabasis, what figure from Athenian past does he refer to himself as (twice)?
400
Cato (the Censor)
There were some Romans who were against the idea of Hellenism being as prominent as it was. Who is quoted in saying, “Romans would destroy their state by gorging themselves with Greek letters.” ?
400
Self Identify
According to the article, Roman respect for Hellenism was, however, focused on the past-rather like the British in India, they viewed contemporary Greece as decadent; Greeks, conversely, accepted Romanization relatively unproblematically, because the mate
500
Acts of the Pagan Martyrs
What is the title of the not-so-famous Anti-Roman literary account that had discussed an array of evil Roman officials “confronting stubbornly heroic local resistance, centered in Egyptian Alexandria”?
500
These events procured for Rome significant pieces of Greek artwork that was looted in war and later displayed in Rome.
Two important events were referred to in the text as being important for the progression of Hellenization within the upper class of Rome. These were Marcellus’s sack of Syracuse and Aemilius Paullus’s victories against Perseus of Macedon. What area of Hel
500
Postmodern State
When the collective “sense of self’ is abraded by sudden social change, when traditional identities become overlain with new ones, what do we reach according to Stuart hall?






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