Write a 3 – 4 page double-spaced essay on one of the following questions. In preparation, use any of the
class materials: the textbook, all assignedreadings (ancient sources), your course notes, and Learning
Material. You must refer specifically to primary sources in your essays.An essay that features a thesis—
an argument—will receive a much better mark than one that is a chronological survey!
Here are the essay questions:
1.The Roman Empire was vast and culturally diverse. Examine the institutional factors (imperial office,
army, administration, etc.) that evolved from the early 1st -late 2nd c CE that held the Roman Empire
together.
2.The Roman Empire was vast and culturally diverse. Examine the social and culturalfactors, or as Nagle
characterize it, the ’soft power’ (the Roman diaspora, cities, games, religion—including the Imperial Cult,
education etc.) which evolved to hold the Roman Empire together from the period of the early 1st –late 2nd
c CE.
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