A.   the colonial mayors, selected by the Roman Senate

B.   the two consuls, each elected by the Centuriate Assembly for a one-year term

C.   royal queens, chosen from among the young women of the outlying villages

D.   the king and any noblemen who could prove their Latin, rather than Etruscan, ancestry

A.   were Greek settlers that had migrated from the area that is now modern Spain

B.   conquered the Italian peninsula with the help of Alexander the Great

C.   established city-states, and developed a culture that became the foundation of civilization in much of the Italian peninsula

D.   never developed a civilization or writing system of their own, and simply imitated Roman culture

A.   the descendants of Remus had returned to power, and had claimed the ancient right of Roman kingship

B.   Rome had conquered the Carthaginian empire, and had burned the city of Carthage to the ground

C.   the city of Rome had been surrounded and cut off from contact with the outside world by roving herds of untamed elephants

D.   Rome had been badly defeated by the Gauls

A.   the family, although the word “family” (familia) in ancient Rome included nonrelated slaves and servants living in the same household

B.   the theater, which Romans of all classes attended regularly to watch state-sponsored plays glorifying the Republic

C.   the Roman coffeehouse, where both men and women of the local community met to discuss politics and philosophy

D.   the universities that taught Roman values to students of all ages,

A.   often held by women and slaves, since free Roman men generally viewed elected political office as a job more suited to a servant 

B.   held by a democratically-elected Senate President who represented both male and female voters

C.   in the hands of a hereditary aristocracy, the patricians, although the common people of Rome, the plebeians, were free men who also had a voice in politics

D.   controlled by hereditary kings who had absolute authority over all Roman citizens