Epilogue True/False Quiz

. Native Egyptians temporarily gained control of southern Egypt at the end of the third century BC.

. Many Greek texts survived only in Arabic translations and through those were passed on to the Latin West.

. The Romans stamped out Greek culture wherever possible.

. The second and early third centuries AD saw a remarkable upsurge of Greek literary activity known as the "Second Sophistic."

. Under Roman rule, non-Greek cultures were considered equivalent to Greek ones.

. After Philip V of Macedonia was defeated by the Romans, he was required to send his son to them as a hostage.

. With the sack of Corinth and defeat of Carthage, Rome emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranean world west of Anatolia.

. Roman tax collectors were highly scrupulous and audited annually to prevent corruption or exploitation.

. Mithridates IV was ultimately defeated by the Roman general Sulla.

. Cleopatra had children with both Julius Caesar and Marc Antony.

. In general, the Romans treated the Greek cities of the eastern Mediterranean as self-governing entities.

. Athens remained an important international cultural center during the Roman period.

. After Augustus reestablished Corinth, it was rebuilt in classic Greek style.

. Pyrrhus was the king of Epirus.

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