OCR GCSE Ancient History: Cleopatra 2 Questions & Answers

In what year did Cleopatra visit Rome and Julius Caesar celebrate his triumph for his victories in Gaul, Egypt, Pontus and Africa? - ANSWERS46BCE Name the prominent Roman politician who wrote of Cleopatra: "I hate the queen." - ANSWERSCicero In 45BCE Julius Caesar was awarded what title? - ANSWERSDictator for Life When was Caesar assassinated? - ANSWERS15 March 44BCE Name the 'triumvirs' - the members of the Second Triumvirate, who, in 43BCE, agreed to share the Roman empire between them. Which parts of the empire did each get? - ANSWERS- Mark Antony - the east - Gaius Octavius (Octavian) - the west - Marcus Lepidus - Africa How did Ptolemy XIV die in 44BCE? - ANSWERSOf "unknown" causes Which former king of Macedonia provides a "parallel life" for Mark Antony in Plutarch's work to show the perils of men in power giving into the temptations of luxury? - ANSWERSDemetrius To which city in Cilicia did Antony summon Cleopatra in 42BCE? - ANSWERSTarsus According to Plutarch, what did the messenger Dellius think of Cleopatra when he was sent to summon her to Tarsus? - ANSWERSThat she was cunning and witty and would easily be able to manipulate Antony What goddess did Cleopatra dress as for her entry into Tarsus? - ANSWERSAphrodite Which river did Cleopatra sail down to reach Tarsus? - ANSWERSCydnus Name Mark Antony's wife who died in 40BCE and the woman he married for political reasons in that same year - ANSWERS- Fulvia - Octavia What were the terms of the 37BCE Treaty of Tarentum between Antony and Octavian? - ANSWERS- Extending the triumvirate arrangement for another five years - Antony's son was to marry Octavian's daughter - Antony was to receive soldiers for a campaign against Parthia - Octavian would receive 120 ships from Antony to fight Sextus Pompey By what name do we know Antony's gifting of various eastern kingdoms to Cleopatra? In what year did this take place? - ANSWERS- The Donations of Antioch - 36BCE By what name do we know the ceremony in which Antony distributed rulership of various kingdoms amongst Cleopatra's children? In what year did this take place? - ANSWERS- The Donations of Alexandria - 34BCE Antony celebrated a 'triumph' in Alexandria dressed as what god? - ANSWERSDionysus, god of wine Name three reasons why the Romans would have taken against Cleopatra - ANSWERS- She was a foreigner - She was royal - She was a woman In what year did the Roman senate name Cleopatra as a public enemy? - ANSWERS32BCE How does Shakespeare describe Antony? - ANSWERS"The triple pillar of the world transform'd into a strumpet's fool" Name the naval battle fought between Antony, Cleopatra and Octavian and when it took place - ANSWERSThe Battle of Actium, September 31BCE Name two additional sources on the Battle of Actium - ANSWERS- Velleius Paterculus - Virgil Name two ways Antony appealed to Octavian while awaiting final defeat in Alexandria - ANSWERS- He asked to be allowed to live as a private citizen in Athens - He challenged Octavian to one-on-one combat What sign that the gods had abandoned Antony does Plutarch report? - ANSWERSSounds of instruments and voices of a procession making its way through the city in the middle of the night What prompts Antony to commit suicide? - ANSWERSHe mistakenly believes that Cleopatra has already done so What does Paterculus say of Antony's suicide? - ANSWERSThat he "answered the accusations of cowardice by his death"