An Empire Across Three Continents · Class 11 History · Chapter 2
🏛️ An Empire Across Three Continents (The Roman Empire)
CBSE Class 11 Humanities & Commerce · History · Chapter 1
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| 80% | Political system — emperor, Senate, army; Republic to Principate — Republic → Principate (Augustus 27 BCE) → three players (emperor, Senate, army) → provinces + cities + frontiers → succession problems / third-century crisis. | 8 MARKS |
| 65% | Position of slaves / role of slavery in the economy — Slaves = property from war; varied work (fields, mines, household, skilled); treatment varied; manumission → freedmen; conclude slavery underpinned the economy + inequality. | 4 MARKS |
| 55% | Source-based passage on society / family / slavery / Christianity — Underline named terms; answer identify in 1 line, explain in 2; finish the evaluate sub-question with a chapter fact. | 5 MARKS |
| 45% | The Roman family / position of women — Nuclear family + paterfamilias (strong father); BUT women kept property/dowry, divorce easy; balance 'patriarchal authority' against 'women retained rights'. | 4 MARKS |
| 40% | Spread of Christianity + Constantine / the economy — Christianity: small persecuted faith → spread → Constantine legalised + converted (early 300s) → later official. Economy: Mediterranean trade, coinage, amphorae, Egyptian grain. | 4 MARKS |