Marc+Antony+and+Cleopatra

Image of the Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine retrieved from [] on April 4, 2011 Assignment for the Roman Empire unit:

Instructions for posting on the discussion board:
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 * 3) Type in a title and your responses to each question and then post it to the board.

Please read this except from Plutarch's //Life of Marc Antony// and then create a post on the discussion board to answer the following questions. Don't forget to reply to two of your classmate's posts!



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 * 1) Do you think Plutarch liked Cleopatra? How do his views of her effect how reliable this source is?
 * 1) Think back to our discussions of Egypt, especially their views regarding death. How Egyptian was Cleopatra and do her thoughts towards death reflect the traditional ancient Egyptian views?
 * 1) Finally, why do you think that we are still fascinated with the story of Antony and Cleopatra?

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