Calendar: 1864-1865 Page 540
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542 GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE VIII -f storj It has been said of Agesilaus with respect to his country Marmoream invexit latericiam reliquit Explain this Point out the evils that the first Sacred War caused to Greece Write an account of Chabrias Timoleon Phocion Antipater Enumerate the principal political speeches of Demosthenes with dates In what respects was Demosthenes not at all behind any of the Greek Patriots What were the causes of the failure of his efforts Describe the Macedonian Phalanx comparing it with the former Grecian armies with the Roman legion In his freedom from all national prejudice none of his countrymen could be compared with Alexander Alexander's plans were very simple If Alexander had invaded Italy Livy says the Romans would have beaten him His death was great loss to mankind Make remarks on these assertions Write what you know of the Lamian war battle of Ipsus the ULtolian league the Achaean league Nabis and Philopoemen Why has Pyrrhus been compared to Charles XII of Sweden Write an account of Caesar's private character and of his character as general politician and writer 10 Goethe says The murder of Ca3sar was the greatest act of folly the Romans ever committed ''-Why so 11 Do you take favourable or unfavourable view of the character of Augustus Give reasons for your answer 12 Write some account of Lucan Seneca Florus Pliny the Younger Dio Chrysostom Tertullian Epictetus Lucian Galen Pausanias 13 Give the principal events of the reigns of Decius Valerian and Aurelian 14 Trace the spread of Christianity from the days of Nero to the time of Diocletian 15 How did the reign of Diocletian form an epoch in Roman history Give an account of Neo Platonism the last persecu-
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