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Which of the following was not one of the reasons that problems sometime arose between early Christians and the Roman state?

A) Many Christians refused to sacrifice to the gods of the state
B) Christians tended to meet in private, prompting suspicion of subversive activity
C) Frequent uprisings against provincial tax collectors
D) Christians were sometimes accused of not believing in the gods, or "superstition"

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What was the most popular form of Roman drama by the beginning of the Principate?

A) Comedy
B) 'Melodrama'
C) Tragedy
D) Mime

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The revival of Greek oratory and rhetoric in the east from the mid-first century into the third century CE, and exemplified by such writers as Plutarch and Lucian, is known as the ______.

By the age of the Antonine emperors, it was clear that the emperor was above the law.

The historical record of the reign of Antoninus Pius is rather thin.

Slaves were valued much more highly in the second century CE than they were in the late Roman Republic.

Only after Nerva was kidnapped by Praetorian Guard did he adopt Trajan as his successor.

The Circus Maximus was the site of what favorite form of Roman entertainment?

Marcus Aurelius spent much of his reign on campaign, most notably against the tribes on which frontier?

Under the Antonine emperors, the economic center of gravity in the empire shifted toward the provinces in the ______.

Which pair of emperors were the first to rule at the same time?

The most prominent historian of the Pax Romana, and one of the greatest of all Roman historians, was ______.

Which of the following was the only emperor to undertake large-scale territorial expansion of the empire, in violation of Augustus' longstanding policy of non-expansion?

Mithraism was different from other mystery cults in that it demanded lifetime participation from its initiates.

Which of the following Silver Age writers got too close to the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and died from exposure to the volcanic gases?