By crossing the Rubicon, Caesar showed that he
A) was willing to disobey the direct orders of the Senate.
B) was willing to compromise with Pompey.
C) had no will to fight his enemies in Rome.
D) wished to retire peacefully to his rural estates.
E) was a loyal Roman citizen, willing to return peacefully to Rome.
A
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A) full and immediate equality for African Americans. B) Booker T. Washington's policy of accommodation with the white South. C) Edward Blyden's back-to-Africa program. D) the redeployment of federal troops in the South.
Urban councils of about two hundred members governed Byzantine cities in the early fifth century. They were composed of __________.
A. bishops B. praetors C. decurions D. centurions
Which of the following statements best conveys the text's view of the end of the Middle Ages?
a. "A dark age comparable to the three centuries following Rome's fall descended on Europe." b. "Medieval society's economic and political institutions and technological skills underwent a prolonged period of decay." c. "Medieval civilization began its decline in the thirteenth century; however, no dark age followed." d. "The waning of the Middle Ages opened up possibilities for another stage in Western civilization: the modern age." e. "The waning of the Middle Ages was curiously similar to the waning of the Greek Dark Age."
The description of the stunning Athenian victory over the Persians at the Battle of Marathon was written by
a. Homer. b. Darius. c. Herodotus. d. Solon. e. Xerxes.