Question
Description acceptable. In the first century CE, the lex Fufia Caninia limited the number of times this action could be performed in a person’s will. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name or describe this action, which could also take place “by the rod” in a public ceremony observed by a magistrate. This action was often symbolized with its subject wearing a soft felt hat known as a pileus.
ANSWER: manumission [or manumissio; or enfranchisement or liberation; accept freeing an enslaved person or descriptions giving someone their freedom]
[10m] This emperor promulgated the lex Fufia Caninia as part of his attempts to formalize freedmen’s status. This emperor established the principate and was succeeded by Tiberius.
ANSWER: Augustus [or Octavianus or Gaius Octavius or Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus; reject “Caesar”]
[10e] Freedmen could work in craft or trade jobs of this Roman commoner class, contrasted with the patricians.
ANSWER: plebeians [or plebs]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 89% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 18.75 | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 13.33 | 83% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 12 | 15.00 | 92% | 50% | 8% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 18.89 | 100% | 78% | 11% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 60% | 40% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 9 | 20.00 | 89% | 78% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 21.11 | 100% | 67% | 44% |