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Julius Caesar

ANC-CAE is worth about 25 marks out of 100 in recent HSC Ancient History papers. Practise 11 exam-style questions (multiple choice, short answer) with instant marking and a worked solution for every question.

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Topic notes

Julius Caesar — the late Republic, his family and early career, the consulship of 59 BC, the Gallic War, the civil war, his dictatorship and reforms, his assassination, and ancient and modern interpretations, with how to answer the Section III question.

  1. 1What you need to know
  2. 2Historical context
  3. 3Family and early career
  4. 4The alliance and the consulship (60–59)
  5. 5The Gallic War (58–50)
  6. 6The civil war (49–45)
  7. 7Dictatorship and reforms (49–44)
  8. 8Assassination (15 March 44)
  9. 9Evidence and interpretations
  10. 10Building an evaluation
  11. 11Common mistakes
  12. 12Exam tips
  13. 13Links to other topics
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Example questions

Example 1 · 1 mark · multiple choice

Which of these was a reform carried out by Caesar as dictator?

  1. AAbolition of the free grain distribution in Rome
  2. BCreation of a permanent Praetorian Guard in Rome
  3. CCitizenship for all free people in the empire
  4. DA solar calendar of 365 days with a leap year

Example 2 · 1 mark · multiple choice

Why was the young Caesar in danger after Sulla became dictator in 82 BC?

  1. AHe had fought for Mithridates against Rome
  2. BHe had prosecuted Sulla's leading supporters
  3. CHe had been elected tribune of the plebs against Sulla's wishes
  4. DHe refused to divorce his wife, Cinna's daughter

Example 3 · 1 mark · multiple choice

Why do historians treat Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War with caution?

  1. AThey survive only in brief fragments
  2. BHe wrote them to justify himself in Rome
  3. CThey were composed by his enemy Cicero
  4. DThey were written two centuries later by Suetonius

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