Choose one of the modern representations of Cleopatra in film or TV presented in the module materials. How far is this consistent with Roman depictions of her in Book 1‚ Chapter 1? The 1934 Cecil B. DeMille interpretation of Cleopatra is a far cry from the historical evidence left behind by Roman scholars‚ poets and historians. Claudette Colbert’s portrayal of the queen sees her as an almost sympathetic character as she is used by Caesar "It wasn’t In his arms that he wanted Egypt. It was in his
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Rome’s early foreign expansion was a problem because the Romans were not prepared for their own success. There political system was only designed to govern a land based republic and was now in the situation of possessing a sea based empire as well. What was decided was the Republic gave the conquered land to the generals who had conquered them (Backman) and then by the end of the Third Punic War Rome had seized all of Greece and most of Anatolia. In 146 BCE Rome stood as the “undisputed master of
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forced to retire‚ and Antony lived in Egypt with Cleopatra which was considered traitorous. Antony’s announcement of his and Cleopatra’s children the rulership of the eastern provinces led to war between Octavian and Antony and led to the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and suicide of Antony and Cleopatra. At this point Rome now controlled
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The Hellenistic period between 334 and 323 B.C.‚ Alexander the Great and his armies conquered much of the known world‚ creating an empire that stretched from Greece and Asia Minor through Egypt and the Persian empire in the Near East to India. This unprecedented contact with cultures far and wide disseminated Greek culture and its arts‚ and exposed Greek artistic styles to a host of new exotic influences. The death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. traditionally marks the beginning of the Hellenistic
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Cleopatra VII Introduction: Cleopatra VII Philopator was the last person to rule Egypt as an Egyptian pharaoh – after she died‚ Egypt became a Roman province. She was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Ancient Egypt. Cleopatra originally ruled jointly with her father Ptolemy XII Auletes and later with her brothers‚ Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV‚ whom she also married‚ but eventually she became sole ruler. As pharaoh‚ she consummated a liaison with Gaius Julius Caesar that
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usually neither an evil villain nor a great hero‚ “instead the tragic hero must be either a flawed hero or a villain with some good traits.” In particular Brutus‚ Caesar actually pardoned Brutus and a few of the other conspirators after the battle at Actium. Since Caesar refused the crown three times. However‚ one problem with Caesar taking the kings sit was that he was not superior to civilians such as Brutus and Cassius. Furthermore Cassius knew that Caesar were on the same degree‚ also as stated in
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To what extent was the assassination of Julius Caesar the main catalyst for the Fall of the Roman Republic? By the mid-first century BC‚ the republican form of government at Rome had essentially fallen‚ out of this collapse there emerged‚ in the aftermath of civil war‚ first the dictatorship of Julius Caesar and then the Principate of Augustus. In an abrupt and conspicuous transformation‚ a political system founded upon principles fundamentally opposed to monarchy was replaced by a system that
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the making of the West: Peoples and Cultures‚ a Concise History‚ Vol. I: To 1740‚ ed. Katharine J. Lualdi‚ 51-55. Boston‚ Massachusetts: Bedford/St. Martin’s‚ 2003. 1. The foundation of Augustus’ power and success After the battle of Actium (31 B.C.)‚ Octavian remained the sole leader from the Triumvirate to rule the largest Empire of that period. Shrewd and subtle politician‚ Octavian learnt from his predecessor‚ Julius Caesar‚ and avoided his mistakes. During his reign‚ Julius Caesar
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managed to defeat Brutus after two battles (Mathisen 2012: 326). After this the three members divided the Roman world among themselves‚ this did not last long. In 31 BC Octavian and Antony’s armies met anticlimactically‚ and culminated at the Battle of Actium in which Octavian defeated an escaping Marc Antony (Tacitus‚ The Augustan
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During the Punic Wars against Carthage‚ the plebeian smallholders who had to serve in the roman legions found themselves unable to farm their lands‚ unable to pay their taxes. Ultimately they lost their lands and ended up as the Mob‚ an impoverished group in Rome‚ reliant upon handouts. Meanwhile‚ the rich consolidated their lands into huge‚ slave-worked estates that made them even richer. This caused profound social‚ economic and political problems for the Roman state. The upper‚ political class
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