re, (Take one)

4. Sulla's rule in Rome.

5. The tribes at the time of the Second Punic War. (4 and 5 are for
"additional readings.")

1887.

(a) (Take five.) The Allia, Agrigentum, Lilybaeum, Placentia, Cannae,
Numantia, Massilia,-where? Mention (with dates) historical events
connected with four of these places. (Take any two.)

1. How were the members of the Roman Senate chosen at different times?

2. The origin of the Praetorship. What were the duties of the Praetor?

3. Describe or explain any five: Pater Patratus, Feriae Latinae, Curia,
Equites, Flamines, the Licinian Laws, the law of Majestas.

_Questions on the "additional reading."_

(Candidates who have read the books recommended for additional reading
may substitute one of the following questions for one of the first three
in this group.)

4. (TIGHE.) How did the practical powers of the Roman Senate differ from
its theoretical powers?

5. (BEESLEY.) What can be said in defence of the Lex Frumentaria of
Gaius Gracchus?

September, 1886.

1. Give an account of the races which inhabited Italy before the
founding of Rome.

2. What were the principal Greek colonies on the shores of the
Mediterranean? For what were three of them celebrated?

3. Describe the three forms of the Roman _comitia_, and trace the
development of the _comitia tributa_.

4. What were some causes of the victory of Rome in the Punic wars? The
effect of this victory upon Italy?

5. Explain _patria potestas_, _princeps senatus_, _municipium_, _ager
Romanus_, _equites_.

YALE COLLEGE.

EXAMINATION FOR ADMISSION.

June, 1889.

1. The Patricians and Plebeians: first causes of strife between them.
Steps in the political progress of the Plebeians. Censors. Tribunes.
Licinian Laws.

2. Greek influences on Roman life: what were they? In what ways and at
what times introduced?

3. The Second Punic War: its causes. Hannibal's great march. Battles in
Italy. Hasdrubal. Transference of the war. The result. Why did Hannibal
fail?

4. Give some account of the members of the First Triumvirate.

5. Arrange in chronological order, with dates: Actium. The Gracchi.
First Samnite War. Pharsalus Regulus. Teutones and Cimbri. Numantia.
Capture of Rome by the Gauls. Cicero's first oration against Catiline.

1887.

(Time allowed, 30 minutes.)

1. What powers did Octavianus Augustus take to himself? What change did
he make in the government of Rome? What changes did C