ROME’S GREATEST BATTLES: BATTLE OF ACTIUM
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To finish the assignment which you began yesterday, click on the YouTube link below, watch, and complete the Q & A.
Battle of Actium
PART 2: (Minute 23:00 – end)
Q & A
1. What does Octavian
increasingly see himself being?
2. Who are the 2
childhood friends who help Octavian and how?
a.
b.
3. What did Antony and
Cleopatra decide to do when they learned of Octavian’s plans?
4. What vessels made up
Antony and Cleopatra’s fleet?
a.
b.
5. How did their fleet
end up at Actium?
6. What 2 Greek islands
did Antony have to control to protect his army?
a.
b.
7. Why was Antony not
able to achieve this plan?
8. Where does Octavian
take his troops to trap Antony and Cleopatra?
9. How does Agrippa
weaken Antony and Cleopatra’s supplies?
10. What 2 Greek ports
does Agrippa capture?
a.
b.
11. What do Antony’s
soldiers do which weakens his army?
12. On what date does the
Battle of Actium start?
13. How is Antony and
Cleopatra’s fleet structured for battle?
a.
b.
c.
14. What is the design
and battle strategy for ancient warships?
15. What is Agrippa’s
strategy?
16. What advantages do
Agrippa’s ships have in battle?
17. Why was Agrippa’s
fleet so wee prepared fo Antony’s strategy?
18. What does Cleopatra
do?
19. How many of Antony’s
ships escaped?
20. What did Octavian do
to stop the rest escaping?
21. How many of Antony’s
ships were burned?
22. How many of Antony’s
men drowned?
23. In what year does
Octavian invade Alexandria?
24. Why does Antony kill
himself?
25. How does Cleopatra
kill herself?
26. what happens to
Caesarion and why?
27. What happens to the
bodies of Cleopatra and Antony?
28. What happens to
Octavian in 27 BC?
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