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How did the role of the tribunate change across the Late Republic?

This question recently appeared in one of the AQA classical civilisation exams and I answered a similar question to this in my 'Roman Republican History: 146 - 46 BC' final exam at Oxford University, for whi...
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What makes a good personal statement?

Many students are given lots of generic advice regarding personal statements during the admissions process. Much of this revolves around showing 'passion', being 'unique', having an attention grabbing openin...
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How might the Optative be used and translated in a sentence?

The Optative mood is mainly used as a way of expressing wishes, to express potentiality and to replace moods in dependent clauses which are governed by past-tense main verbs. Translations of the volative opt...
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How might the Genitive case be used and translated in a sentence?

The primary use and translation of the genitive case is of a possessive nature. Therefore, in the example sentence of 'Caecilius went into the garden of Metella', Metella would be in the genitive case. There...
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A note was played on a a keyboard. The frequency of the note was 440 Hz. (a) What does a frequency of 440 Hz mean? (b) The sound waves produced by the keyboard travel at a speed of 340 m/s. Calculate the wavelength of the note.

(a) A frequency of 440 Hz means that a single trough and peak of the sound wave oscillates 440 times per second or equally that 440 sound waves are produced by the keyboard per second (This is because the SI...
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Answered by Ifan W. • Physics tutor
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