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Barbarians at the Gate Quiz

This is a five question, self-grading quiz on the period of Roman history in which the barbarians were a very real and always present danger.

You might try to guess the answers without reading any of the related articles, but it might prove difficult for you, since this quiz is more than usually connected with a specific article on this site. Specifically, it asks about passages written by two contemporary historians that I use in this article: The Barbarian at the Gates and Other Roman Difficulties at the Edges of Empire. This is the fourth in a series of articles on the Fall of the Roman Empire and the Rise of Kingdoms in Europe. The earlier ones in the series are:

1. Ancient History: From Prehistory to the Early Middle Ages

2. Other Dates for the Fall of Rome: Pros and Cons

3. How the Romans Handled Problems of Imperial Succession

1. Who closed the Academy in Athens (the famous one associated with Plato)?
Aristotle
Justinian
Odoacer
Theodosius

2. Who took advantage of the conflict between Constantinople and the Sassanid Persians?
Arabs
Julian the Apostate
Romulus Augustulus
Zarathustra

3. What was the name of the capable general of Justinian?
Aetius
Agrippa
Belisarius
Stilicho

4. Which governmental form does Goldsworthy say the Founding Fathers used as a model?
Achaemenid Empire
Classical Athens
Imperial Rome
Republican Rome

5. In a surprisingly modern sounding passage, O'Donnell compares what event with the 911 attacks?
Gothic Attack in 378 Adrianople
Gothic Attack in 410 - Rome
Vandal Attack in 455 - North Africa
Muslim attack in 650 - Spain

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