HIST102 INTERPRETING THE EUROPEAN PAST

You must submit your answers to the reading questions in two places each module: 1) as a Microsoft Word file in the reading questions submission link, and 2) copied into a discussion thread in the

discussion forum

for that week. Both submissions are due by Wednesday. If you post your answers in just one place or the other, you will receive zero points for the reading questions. 

Specs for reading questions

Grammar: A good-faith effort to write in complete sentences with proper spelling, capitalization, and punctuation is required (see

grammar handout

for details)

For more information on each of the specs, see the

reading questions and discussion

requirements section of Canvas. Remember to check all assignments for spelling and grammar; for help, see the grammar handout

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Module 2 reading questions

1. Is Eusebius a biased source for the life of Constantine? Why or why not?
2. What do the laws found in the Twelve Tables tell us about what Rome was like in the fifth century BCE? What kind of society do they reflect?
3. What qualities did Pliny believe characterized a loyal Roman subject? How did this understanding influence Pliny’s criticisms of Christians and his justification for punishing them?
4. Based on the assigned Crash Course World History video assigned for this module, why did people become Christians in the first centuries CE? According to Eusebius, why did Constantine become a Christian? How are these reasons similar to or different from how and why people might become Christians today?
5. What did Eusebius think made a good ruler? What did he think made a bad ruler?