OCR Ancient History GCSE Component 2 by Paul Fowler Christopher Grocock James Melville

Author:Paul Fowler, Christopher Grocock, James Melville [Paul Fowler, Christopher Grocock, James Melville]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, Ancient, General, Egypt, Rome
ISBN: 9781350015203
Google: npstDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2017-08-24T01:12:48+00:00

PRESCRIBED SOURCE

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Life of Mark Antony

Author: Plutarch (AD 40–120)

Prescribed chapters: 27, 29, 83, 86

Date: AD 75

Genre: biography (biographical lives of famous Greek and Romans told in pairs)

Significance: An anecdotal overview of Antony’s initial meeting and interaction with Cleopatra

Read it here: The Makers of Rome (London: Penguin, 2004); OCR Source Booklet

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When Cleopatra was around twelve years old, in 58 BC, her father, Ptolemy XII, angered the citizens of Alexandria and faced a possible attempted coup. As a consequence, he fled to Rome for safety to gain support. We are unsure if the young Cleopatra followed her father to Rome at this stage or not. Cleopatra’s sister, Berenice, seized the throne in her father’s absence. Cleopatra’s father remained in exile for three years before returning with an armed Roman force. Whether Cleopatra accompanied her father or not, this tumultuous period would have had a huge impact on her life as Cleopatra witnessed events that would mirror her own future – the forced deposition of a King, the rise of a young queen and ultimately, the need for support from Rome to ensure the security of one’s position.

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