Cleopatra

Question 0

Who was the First Triumvirate?

Answer 0

Julius Caesar, Pompey and Crassus

Question 1

Describe Antony meeting Cleopatra for the first time

Answer 1

Tarsus- meeting on the boat, she went up and down the river repeatedly, the boat was very extravagant

Question 2

Who was the Second Triumvirate?

Answer 2

Mark Antony, Octavian, Crassus

Question 3

Who were Julius Caesar’s two main assassins?

Answer 3

Brutus and Cassius

Question 4

Who we all of Cleopatra’s children?

Answer 4

Caesarion(by Caesar), Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene(by Antony), Ptolemy(by Antony)

Question 5

Cleopatra’s family history..

Answer 5

Cleopatra’s descendants were the Ptolemaic family, one of Alexander’s generals

Question 6

What is a client king?

Answer 6

A client king was a king in charge of a Roman area, like Ptolemy

Question 7

Why was Caesar in Egypt to begin with?

Answer 7

Caesar was in Egypt because he was chasing Pompey after their civil war, however Cleopatra’s brother had already decapitated Pompey thinking that it would please Caesar

Question 8

How did Caesar make Cleopatra queen of Egypt?

Answer 8

He got her to marry her brother Ptolemy XIII and made them joint rulers

Question 9

What were the Donations of Alexandria?

Answer 9

They were gifts from Mark Antony to all of Cleopatra’s children of Roman territories

Question 10

Who did Mark Antony and Octavian negotiate with?

Answer 10

They negotiated with Sextus Pompey, a pirate who had control of the Mediterranean Sea, on his boat

Question 11

What happened with Antony’s Parthian and Armenian campaigns?

Answer 11

He was successful in fighting in Parthia but not in Armenia because he was so underprepared

Question 12

How did Cleopatra prepare for the Battle of Actium?

Answer 12

In preparation for the battle Cleopatra got loads of ships and stationed them where she would be able to make a quick getaway if things went wrong for Antony

Question 13

What did Mark Antony and Octavian do after Caesar’s death?

Answer 13

Antony got Caesar’s blood stained toga and said he would get rid of all his assassins from Rome, and Octavian marched on Rome to get his adoption legalised

Question 14

What was Octavian’s relationship with Caesar and why did this cause problems?

Answer 14

Octavian was biologically Caesar’s nephew, and this caused problems when Antony refused to let his adoption by Caesar become legalised

Question 15

What did Antony spend winter in Alexandria doing?

Answer 15

He was playing games and drinking lots with Cleopatra and their friends, he used to dress up like a slave and get beaten by the people of Alexandria for fun, the story about them going fishing

Question 16

Who were Antony’s other wives?

Answer 16

He was married first to Fulvia, who he had kids with, then he had a political with Octavia(Octavian’s sister)

Question 17

Talk about the Roman government

Answer 17

The Roman government was made up of patricians and plebeians(common people) and there was a hierarchical system with the two consuls at the top being the most important. Consuls were changed yearly

Question 18

What title was Caesar given shortly before he died?

Answer 18

Dictator for life

Question 19

How many people deserted from Antony to Octavian?

Answer 19

Loads of people deserted Antony to join Octavian, but none the other way around

Question 20

What happened with Antony’s will?

Answer 20

Octavian opened it and read it to the Senate, which made them angry as Antony had written things like wanting to be buried in Alexandria

Question 21

What was the Treaty of Brundisium?

Answer 21

When Antony and Octavian divided up the Empire, giving Antony the East where Egypt- Cleopatra- was, and Octavian the West

Question 22

What advantages/disadvantages did each person have in the Battle?

Answer 22

Mark Antony- bigger ships, however the were undermanned and too big and slow to move properly
Octavian- smaller, more agile ships which were properly manned

Question 23

Possible triggers for the Battle?

Answer 23

Caesarion being born, Antony divorcing Octavia, Donations of Alexandria

Question 24

What did Antony do after the Battle?

Answer 24

Went onto Cleopatra’s ship but they didn’t see each other for three days, tried to negotiate with Octavian, built a house that was extended off the coast of Alexandria

Question 25

How was Octavian portrayed after the Battle?

Answer 25

Plutarch made him look very magnanimous- he helped Antony’s army and guys on the boats because he deserted them

Question 26

How did the ancient writers portray Antony?

Answer 26

They make him look as if he is under a spell from Cleopatra- ‘as if woken from a heavy night of drinking’- but Plutarch makes excuses for him

Question 27

How did the sources portray Cleopatra?

Answer 27

Cleopatra comes across as being very manipulative and controlling of Antony, as well as a huge distraction to his proper business in Rome- none of the writers like her

Question 28

What was Plutarch interested in?

Answer 28

A person’s character- their vices and virtues, what made them do things