![]() ![]() Cleopatra’s reputation as an extravagant voluptuary owes much to stories like the time she met Antony in Tarsus, in a ship with perfumed sails, and drank the pearl dissolved in wine. Why was it Octavian who ultimately triumphed?ĥ. After Caesar’s death, Octavian’s future looked bleak, while Antony had enormous power. Do you think his idea for a multinational empire was feasible at that time? Was resistance to his plans one of the factors in his assassination?Ĥ. In some ways Caesar may have been a man ahead of his time–open to new ideas, customs, and people. Do you find such a person attractive or otherwise?ģ. Caesar seemed to have few human weaknesses beyond his epilepsy: He was always calm in a crisis, never lost a battle, and seemed to need no one. Do you think that such figures are helpful for children struggling with unhappy lives? Who would you select as your own role model, or one for your children?Ģ. ![]() Alexander the Great was a role model for Cleopatra and Mardian. ![]()
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