QCE Ancient HistoryPractice Examination 16

This paper covers

• Julius Caesar — death, assassination narrative, political and moral construction by subsequent Roman writers
• Cleopatra VII — death, suicide narrative, Roman literary construction and propaganda
• Reliability and usefulness of primary sources for historical reconstruction of famous deaths
• Roman writers as politically motivated narrators: Suetonius, Plutarch, Cassius Dio, Appian, Florus
• Unit 4 Topic 2: People, Power and Authority — personality study (Julius Caesar / Cleopatra VII, 2026–2027 cohort)
• Source evaluation: authorship, proximity, purpose, audience, bias in late Republican and early Imperial historiography
• Synthesis of competing ancient accounts to construct a historical argument about the nature of death narratives
• Propaganda, public image, and the posthumous construction of legacy through literary and rhetorical means

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.