QCE Ancient HistoryPractice Examination 10

This paper covers

• Battle of Actium 31 BCE — military engagement, causes of defeat, primary source reliability
• Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony — power, authority, propaganda, and public image
• Competing ancient explanations for the outcome at Actium — Plutarch, Cassius Dio, Propertius, Velleius Paterculus
• Evaluating the usefulness and reliability of primary sources for reconstructing ancient military events
• QCAA Unit 4 Topic 2 — personality study: Cleopatra VII, nature and exercise of power, legacy
• Synthesis of primary source evidence into a sustained historical argument about Actium's causes

Students are permitted to bring into the examination the materials normally allowed for this subject. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

This is an ATARMAxxing practice paper. It is not an official examination and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by the VCAA, NESA or the QCAA.