QCE Ancient HistoryPractice Examination 3

This paper covers

• Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon (49 BCE) and the constitutional crisis it represented
• Julius Caesar as Unit 4 Topic 2 personality study
• Primary sources: Plutarch (Life of Caesar), Suetonius (Divus Julius), Appian (Civil Wars)
• Causes of the constitutional crisis of 49 BCE
• The meaning and significance of crossing the Rubicon
• Responses in Rome to Caesar's act
• QCAA Ancient History Units 3 and 4 (2025 v1.4)
• People, Power and Authority — nature and exercise of power and authority
• Evaluation of primary source usefulness and reliability
• Synthesis of sustained historical argument from multiple ancient sources

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.