1. Suggested Ancient History topics for

2.  The romance of Cleopatra & Marc Antony  The rise and fall of Julius Caesar  Spartacus the rebellious slave  The rise and rise of Caesar Augustus  Pericles or Themistocles, clever strategists  Xerxes - winner or loser?

3.  The Slave Revolt of Spartacus  The Gallic Wars  The Roman Civil Wars  Fall of the Roman Republic  The Battle of Marathon  Assassination of Caesar

4.  The Athenians, the US of the ancient Greek world?  The fierce German tribes feared by Rome  Scythians, considered barbarians by Greeks & Romans  The Celtic warrior farmers of Gaul  Rome’s greatest enemy, the Parthians  Cleopatra’s Egypt

5.  Slavery / Gladiators  Pater familias – a father’s power of life and death  Child exposure – leaving babies to the wolves  Religion / Greek Philosophy  Women / marriage in Rome or Greece  Warfare & military organisation  Dishes and delicacies  Athenian “extreme” democracy  The Senate of Republican Rome

6.  Julius Caesar – saviour of Rome OR destroyer of the Republic  Was civil war inevitable?  Cleopatra – true love OR political seduction?  Who was the real power in Rome – the mob, the army or the Senate?

7.  The Port of Alexandria (Egypt)  The Acropolis (Athens, Greece)  Petra the cave city  The ruins of Timgad (North Africa)  The ruins of Roman Cuicul (Algeria)  The ruins of Tarragona (Spain)

8.  Spartacus  Ben Hur  Cleopatra  Julius Caesar  Asterix*  Online communities  Alexander

9.  The Greek Delphi Oracle  Romulus and Remus in Roman legend  The divinity of Julius Caesar  Vestal Virgins  The doors of the Temple of Janus which never close  The power of Roman Army Standards

10.  Coins  Mosaics  Armour  Jewellery  Busts and sculptures  Architecture

11.  The Stolen Treasures of the British Museum  Small Treasures in the Louvre (Paris)  The latest discoveries at Archaeology.org  Online communities e.g. www.unrv.com www.unrv.com

12.  Gallic Wars by Julius Caesar  The Biographies of Plutarch  The amusing stories of Herodotus  De re publica by Cicero  The controversial and banned work of Virgil

13.  Anything or anyone connected with Rome in the time frame 78BC – AD14BC e.g. Egypt under the rule of Rome  Anything or anyone connected with Greece (but not Sparta) in the time frame 500BC – 440BC e.g. The Persians, arch- enemy of the Greeks  Pompeii (place)  Herculaneum (place)  Agrippina the Younger (person)  Roman Emperors or Roman Empire after Augustus (after AD14)  Roman Britain  Ancient Sparta

14.  Read and summarise Antiquity1 chapter 7