WORLD HISTORY

Previous
Next

HISTORY

ANCIENT ROME

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was most likely the author’s purpose for writing the source below?Livy, Roman historian, writing about an event sometime in the 1st century C.E. about an event that happened around 200 B.C.E.The law said that no woman might own more than half an ounce of gold nor wear a multicoloured dress nor ride in a carriage in a city or in a town within a mile of it, unless there was a religious festival. The tribunes ____ said that they would not allow its repeal ____ The matrons (women), whom neither counsel, nor shame, nor their husbands’ order could keep at home, blockaded every street in the city and every entrance to the Forum ____ Before long they dared go up and solicit consuls, praetors, and other magistrates [officials].
A
To explain that Roman soldiers were the most well trained in world history.
B
To persuade men to vote in the 2024 election.
C
To show how the women of Rome felt that they deserved more than what society allowed of them.
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In his preface, Livy himself speaks of his history as a fruit-bearing work that allows his readers to look upon examples of human behavior artfully depicted and to learn from those examples what they should embrace and what they should avoid for their own good and for the good of their republic.

Detailed explanation-2: -The main theme of Livy’s one surviving work is the restoration of moral values in the face of Roman decadence. He tells the history of Rome and the virtues of the past that helped to build Roman greatness. He also criticizes the decay of Roman society, the indulgencies of the rich, and the loss of moral virtue.

Detailed explanation-3: -Livy’s merit as a writer is incontestable. His style, which owed much to Cicero and to Latin poetry, was vivid and colorful. He approached his task with a vision of the greatness and splendor of that past which was certainly not very realistic but was still a noble and inspiring concept.

Detailed explanation-4: -This does not mean that Livy is now regarded as the most reliable of all ancient historians, but we can no longer approach his work as mere propaganda. Although he and his annalistic predecessors have often embellished the plain facts, the hard core of Livy’s information is essentially reliable.

There is 1 question to complete.
Previous
Next